Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 30, 2026
CVE-2026-119371
CVE-2026-119371
Description
SQLite before 3.54.0 contains a stack exhaustion vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the SQLITE_LIMIT_EXPR_DEPTH nesting limit because common table expressions are not counted against it. Attackers can supply a WITH clause chaining tens of thousands of CTEs, via plain SQL or a view in an untrusted database file, causing unbounded selectExpander() recursion that crashes the process.
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References
7- abraxaslabs.tech/research/sqlite-cte-nestnvd
- github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.53.4/src/select.cnvd
- github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/e6ff280c839fdfc7418fd5add12e8f32702a17fbnvd
- sqlite.org/bugs/info/2026-10-04T04:58:58Znvd
- sqlite.org/releaselog/3_54_0.htmlnvd
- sqlite.org/src/info/f54730871303e655nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sqlite-before-3.54.0-stack-exhaustion-via-cte-chain-in-selectexpandernvd
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