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PYSEC-2026-2341

MediumCVSS 6.9 / 10
Published Jul 13, 2026·Last modified Jul 13, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

The Query string search API (q=) was vulnerable to SQL injection via the Postgres query parser, which built WHERE clauses by interpolating user-supplied search terms directly into SQL strings via f-strings.

Patches

Fixed in v9.1.0. The Postgres query parser now uses parameterized queries with %(name)s placeholders passed to psycopg2's cursor.execute(), preventing SQL injection through the ?q= parameter. The MongoDB backend was not affected.

Workarounds

Upgrade to v9.1.0 or later. If unable to upgrade, deploy a proxy in front of the Alerta API to sanitize the q= parameter.

Resources

https://github.com/alerta/alerta/pull/712/files https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/SQL_Injection

Risk Scores
Base Score
6.9

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence
2.7

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
0.51%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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