Budibase before 3.40.0 SQL Injection via Unauthenticated Webhook
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
Budibase before 3.40.0 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in webhook-triggered automations with EXECUTE_QUERY steps. Attackers can POST attacker-controlled JSON to the webhook trigger endpoint to inject SQL payloads that execute with builder-configured database credentials, enabling data exfiltration, modification, and persistence in connected datasources like Snowflake.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA server (budibase) Fixed in 3.40.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
budibase server 3.40.0
6 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 4 HIGH, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-51075 Budibase before 3.40.0 Arbitrary File Write via Path TraversalPriority HIGH 76
- TI-2026-51702 Budibase Server before 3.40.0 NoSQL Injection via JSON ParameterPriority HIGH 73
- TI-2026-51080 Budibase before 3.40.0 DNS Rebinding SSRF via OpenAPI and RESTPriority HIGH 70
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72851
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x389-5jg5-q6vh
References
More Budibase vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-39242 Budibase: Anonymous NoSQL operator injection via published-app query templates CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-24369 Budibase Universal Auth Bypass via Webhook Query Param Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-56709 Budibase before 3.41.3 Remote Code Execution via Plugin eval() CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-51425 Budibase: SQL Injection via `multipleStatements: true` CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-51075 Budibase before 3.40.0 Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-39244 Budibase: Arbitrary file read by workspace-builder via PWA-zip symlink upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-72851 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72851 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x389-5jg5-q6vh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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