GHSA-3wj9-3gpr-q6vj
Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach InLong Manager endpoint
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DeliverySubmit crafted ORDER BY/sort parameter
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ExploitInject SQL into backend query
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ExecutionInfer results via blind/error responses
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ImpactExfiltrate Manager database contents
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the ability to send requests to an InLong Manager backend endpoint that accepts a user-controllable sort/ORDER BY parameter, on a version in the range 2.0.0 to before 2.4.0. The CVSS vector rates it AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N (network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction), so per the provided vector it is unauthenticated; however, the Manager backend is normally an authenticated administrative interface, so whether the vulnerable endpoint is truly pre-auth should be confirmed with the vendor. Limiting factors: the target must be a Manager instance in the affected version range with network reachability to the attacker, and ORDER BY injection often permits only blind/inferential data extraction, which slows and complicates exploitation compared to a direct UNION-based read. |
| Impact | Signals conflict and should be weighed together. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, C:H/I:H/A:H = 9.8) implies trivial, unauthenticated, network-reachable full compromise, yet the EPSS probability is only 0.21% (11th percentile) and the vulnerability is not KEV-listed, indicating no observed or predicted mass exploitation. There is tension between the PR:N (unauthenticated) rating and the fact that the affected surface is the InLong Manager backend, which is normally an authenticated administrative control plane - the description does not state whether the vulnerable endpoint is reachable pre-authentication, so the true privilege requirement should be verified with the vendor. ORDER BY injection also often yields blind/boolean or error-based data extraction rather than clean full read/write, so the uniform C:H/I:H/A:H may overstate integrity and availability impact. Net assessment: a genuine high-severity data-exposure bug worth patching promptly, but the combination of low EPSS, no KEV, no known POC, and a niche product footprint places it below actively-exploited internet-facing CVEs in triage priority. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who can reach the InLong Manager backend submits a crafted sort/ORDER BY parameter to a list or query endpoint, appending a boolean- or error-based SQL payload that the backend concatenates directly into its query. By observing changes in result ordering or error responses, the attacker iteratively extracts sensitive Manager metadata (credentials, connection strings, pipeline configuration) from the database. No public POC was provided in the source data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv2 – Aug 24, 2026
SQL injection in Apache InLong versions 2.0.0 through 2.3.x (fixed in 2.4.0) lets attackers inject malicious SQL through the ORDER BY clause of a Manager backend query, enabling extraction or manipulation of data in the Manager database. The flaw is unparameterizable at its root because ORDER BY clauses cannot use bind variables, so improper neutralization directly exposes the query. It carries a CVSS 9.8 rating with a network vector, but real-world urgency is tempered by a low EPSS score (0.21%, 11th percentile) and no evidence of exploitation - no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not on the CISA KEV list.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
Unauthenticated SQL injection in Apache InLong Manager's OpenAPI audit alert rule list endpoint allows any network-accessible attacker to manipulate backend SQL queries without credentials, enabling database exfiltration and potential data manipulation. The vulnerability targets the Manager component's REST API layer - the administrative plane for InLong's data pipeline orchestration - making exposed instances particularly high-value targets. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and active exploitation has not been confirmed by CISA KEV.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to Apache InLong 2.4.0, which contains the fix (Vendor-released patch: 2.4.0). If an immediate upgrade is not feasible, cherry-pick the upstream fix tracked in https://github.com/apache/inlong/issues/12079 and rebuild the Manager component. As compensating controls until patched: restrict network access to the InLong Manager backend API to trusted management networks/VPN and place it behind authentication and an allowlist so the vulnerable sort/ORDER BY parameter cannot be reached by untrusted callers; optionally add a WAF or reverse-proxy rule that rejects sort parameters not matching an expected column allowlist (trade-off: rules may break legitimate custom sort options and can be bypassed by clever encodings). Ensure the database account used by Manager runs with least privilege (read-only where possible, no DDL/administrative rights) to limit the blast radius of any injection, accepting that this does not address confidentiality of the Manager data itself. Consult the Apache advisory thread (https://lists.apache.org/thread/po2gvsl30mfjk9cy415hsbzrmqkqpd5r) for authoritative guidance.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Apache InLong is an open-source, one-stop big-data integration framework used to build streaming and batch data pipelines; its Manager component provides the control-plane API and metadata store backed by a relational database (typically MySQL). The root cause is CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command). Specifically, a user-controllable sort parameter is concatenated into the ORDER BY clause of a backend query rather than being validated against an allowlist of column names/directions. ORDER BY injection is a classic hard-to-fix subclass of SQLi because prepared-statement placeholders are not permitted for ORDER BY identifiers, forcing developers to rely on strict input validation - which was missing here. No CPE strings were provided in the input; affected components are identified from the vendor advisory as the Apache InLong Manager backend.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-reachable Manager backend that normally requires authentication (PR:L); ORDER BY injection mainly enables data exfiltration (C:H) with limited integrity (I:L) and no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (CNA).
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3Description PRE-NVD
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Executive ViewAI
Apache InLong Manager (versions 2.0.0-2.3.x) contains a critical SQL injection vulnerability that could enable attackers to extract or modify sensitive data stored in the Manager database. Organizations running affected versions face potential data breach risk; however, no active exploitation has been documented and a patch is available, limiting immediate threat surface.
Apply vendor patch. If immediate patching is not feasible: (1) Restrict network access to InLong Manager to authorized administrative subnets only; (2) Enable and monitor all database queries logged by Manager for suspicious SQL syntax; (3) Implement database-level role-based access controls to limit data exposure scope in the event of injection.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
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