SQL Injection in cakephp/database (CVE-2026-79752)
Summary
SQL injection in cakephp/database (CVE-2026-79752). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.3.7 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Impact
The FunctionsBuilder::cast($field, $dataType), extract($part, $expr), datePart($part, $expr), dateAdd($expr, $value, $unit) methods are vulnerable to SQL injection if user controlled data is supplied to the ($dataType / $part / $unit) parameters.
Patches
5.3.7, 5.2.14, 5.1.9, 4.6.5, 4.5.12 contain fixes
Workarounds
Don't provide user controlled data to these functions/parameters.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-79752 has been found in cakephp/database.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade cakephp/database to 5.3.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "cakephp/database CVE-2026-79752" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-79752 (cakephp/database) — CWE-89
Patched: 5.3.7 — apply immediately
Workaround: Don't provide user controlled data to these functions/parameters.
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
SQL injection (CWE-89) exists in cakephp/database.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of cakephp/database.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 5.3.7.
Workaround: Don't provide user controlled data to these functions/parameters.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'cakephp/database' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'cakephp/database' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
cakephp/databaseを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply temporary workaround mitigate
Don't provide user controlled data to these functions/parameters.パッチが適用されるまでの応急処置として、Don't provide user controlled data to these functions/parameters. を実施。回避策の副作用 (機能低下) を確認した上で。
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3Apply patch patch
Upgrade cakephp/database to 5.3.7ステージング環境で 5.3.7 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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4Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
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