CVE-2026-72609

An SQL injection vulnerability in Koha through 24.11.17, 25.05.12, 25.11.06, and 26.05.01 allows authenticated staff with the acquisition => order_receive permission to read arbitrary database contents via the orderby request parameter in acqui/parcels.pl. The parameter is passed to C4::Acquisition::GetInvoices, which allow-lists the column name but concatenates the direction token raw into the SQL ORDER BY clause without validation. Exploitation is blind (time-based) in production and allows extraction of patron PII, staff bcrypt password hashes, and two-factor secrets.

CVSS v3 7.1 HIGH

7.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=42749
https://koha-community.org/

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-11 12:17

Updated : 2026-08-28 18:51

NVD link : CVE-2026-72609

Mitre link : CVE-2026-72609

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-72609

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-89

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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