CVE-2026-119586

Description

SQLite command-line shell through 3.54.1 contains a command injection vulnerability in the .recover command that emits attacker-planted dot-commands stored in sqlite_schema.sql values verbatim. Attackers can craft a database whose schema holds a valid CREATE statement followed by a .shell or .system line, executing OS commands when victims pipe .recover output into sqlite3.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

7.8 (HIGH) Score source: CNA CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 4.0

8.5 (HIGH) Score source: CNA CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — exploit probability

1% (percentile: 58) as of 1 November 2026

CWE

CWE-77

References

• https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/sqlite-cli-recover
• https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite
• https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.54.1/ext/recover/sqlite3recover…
• https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.54.1/src/shell.c.in#L7877-L7891
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sqlite-cli-through-3.54.1-command-injectio…