Budibase before 3.40.0 Credential Exposure via STRING Fields
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
Budibase before 3.40.0 fails to redact datasource credentials stored in STRING typed fields, allowing authenticated users to read MongoDB connection strings and Firebase private keys in plaintext. Attackers with table read permissions can retrieve datasource configurations through the read API to obtain live backend database credentials and service account keys.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA budibase (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 3.40.0
3 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-51078 Budibase before 3.40.0 SQL Injection via Oracle connectorPriority HIGH 73
- TI-2026-51081 Budibase before 3.40.0 Authentication Bypass via Tenant Owner EmailPriority LOW 38
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72857
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-95j2-62cr-h4p5
References
More Budibase vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-39242 Budibase: Anonymous NoSQL operator injection via published-app query templates CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-51076 Budibase before 3.40.0 SQL Injection via Unauthenticated Webhook CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-72857 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72857 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-95j2-62cr-h4p5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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