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Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in elixir-ecto postgrex allows SQL Injection via the :comment option of Postgrex.stream/4. An attacker who can influence that value can close the comment delimiter with */ and extend the streamed statement with their own clauses, which execute under the connection's role. Ecto exposes the same option through Ecto.Repo.stream/2.

Postgrex appends the comment by concatenating it into the statement text sent in the Parse message, without escaping or rejecting */. The option is validated by comment_not_present!/1 at every other execution point; stream/4 never calls it. Because Parse accepts a single command, the injection is confined to the streamed statement and further statements cannot be chained.

This issue affects postgrex: from 0.19.3 before 0.22.4.

Weaknesses & attack patterns

Weakness

CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') in catalog → MITRE ↗

Attack patterns

CAPEC-66 · SQL Injection MITRE ↗

Affected — Hex / postgrex Hex.pm ↗ Repository ↗

0.19.3 < 0.22.4 affected
every other version: unaffected
default status unaffected
cpe cpe:2.3:a:elixir-ecto:postgrex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modules · source files · routines
modules 'Elixir.Postgrex' · 'Elixir.Postgrex.Protocol'
source files lib/postgrex.ex · lib/postgrex/protocol.ex
routines 'Elixir.Postgrex':stream/4 · 'Elixir.Postgrex.Protocol':parse_describe_comment_msgs/3

Affected — GitHub / elixir-ecto/postgrex Repository ↗

4971a27 and up affected
e1ecba6 not affected
4011be8 not affected
every other version: unaffected
default status unaffected
cpe cpe:2.3:a:elixir-ecto:postgrex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modules · source files · routines
modules 'Elixir.Postgrex' · 'Elixir.Postgrex.Protocol'
source files lib/postgrex.ex · lib/postgrex/protocol.ex
routines 'Elixir.Postgrex':stream/4 · 'Elixir.Postgrex.Protocol':parse_describe_comment_msgs/3

Workarounds

Reject any :comment value containing */ or a null byte before passing it to Postgrex.stream/4 or Ecto.Repo.stream/2. Alternatively, build comments only from trusted values.

Configurations

The application must pass a :comment derived from untrusted input to Postgrex.stream/4 or Ecto.Repo.stream/2. Applications that omit the option or pass only static values are unaffected.

References

Credits

Snehil Shah Finder
José Valim Remediation developer
Jonatan Männchen / EEF Analyst

CVSS breakdown

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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