CVE-2026-32687 PUBLISHED

SQL injection via channel name in Postgrex.Notifications.listen/3 and unlisten/3

Assigner: EEF
Reserved: 13.03.2026 Published: 12.05.2026 Updated: 13.05.2026

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in elixir-ecto postgrex ('Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications' module) allows SQL Injection.

The channel argument passed to 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':listen/3 and 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':unlisten/3 is interpolated directly into LISTEN "..." / UNLISTEN "..." SQL statements without escaping the " character. An attacker who can influence the channel name can inject a " to break out of the quoted identifier and append arbitrary SQL. Because the notifications connection uses the PostgreSQL simple query protocol, multi-statement payloads are accepted, allowing DDL and DML commands to be chained (e.g. ; DROP TABLE ...; --). The same unsanitized interpolation also occurs in handle_connect/1 when replaying LISTEN commands after a reconnect.

This vulnerability is associated with program file lib/postgrex/notifications.ex and program routines 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':listen/3, 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':unlisten/3, 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':handle_connect/1.

This issue affects postgrex: from 0.16.0 before 0.22.2, from pkg:github/elixir-ecto/postgrex@266b530faf9bde094e31e0e4ab851f933fadc0f5 before 0.22.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor elixir-ecto
Product postgrex
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0.16.0 to 0.22.2 (excl.)
Vendor elixir-ecto
Product postgrex
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 266b530faf9bde094e31e0e4ab851f933fadc0f5 to 7cdedbd4316bb65f82e6a9a4f922c0ac491cb770 (excl.)

Affected Configurations

The application must call 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':listen/3 or 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':unlisten/3 with a channel name derived from untrusted user input.

Credits

  • Peter Ullrich finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-66 SQL Injection