medium5.5
CVE-2026-119371
SQLite before 3.54.0 contains a stack exhaustion vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the SQLITE_LIMIT_EXPR_DEPTH nesting limit because common table e…
Impact
SQLite before 3.54.0 contains a stack exhaustion vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the SQLITE_LIMIT_EXPR_DEPTH nesting limit because common table expressions are not counted against it. Attackers can supply a WITH clause chaining tens of thousands of CTEs, via plain SQL or a view in an untrusted database file, causing unbounded selectExpander() recursion that crashes the process.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| SQLite | SQLite | before 3.54.0 |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/sqlite-cte-nest
- https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite
- https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.53.4/src/select.c#L5754
- https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/e6ff280c839fdfc7418fd5add12e8f32702a17fb
- https://sqlite.org/bugs/info/2026-10-04T04:58:58Z
- https://sqlite.org/releaselog/3_54_0.html
- https://sqlite.org/src/info/f54730871303e655
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sqlite-before-3.54.0-stack-exhaustion-via-cte-chain-in-selectexpander