CVE-2026-57821
HighCVSS 8.1Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk52th percentile - higher than 52% of all known CVEs
Summary
In Apache Fineract up to version 1.14.0, the Office Search API (GET /api/v1/offices) is vulnerable to SQL injection. The orderBy parameter is concatenated into a SQL query without sufficient validation, allowing an authenticated user with permission to view offices to inject arbitrary SQL. This bypasses the ColumnValidator fix for CVE-2024-32838, which does not detect bare subqueries in the ORDER BY clause.
Risk Assessment
The vulnerability enables time-based blind SQL injection for data exfiltration. Because the injected query blocks the database connection for its full duration, concurrent exploitation can exhaust the application's database connection pool, resulting in denial of service for other users.
Recommendation
Upgrade Apache Fineract to a version containing the fix immediately. Until then, restrict access to the Office Search API to trusted users and monitor for unusual SQL queries.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Fineract
See all- CVE-2017-5663High
In Apache Fineract versions 0.4.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, and 0.6.0-incubating, an authenticated user with appropriate permissions can inject malicious SQL into SELECT queries. The 'sqlSearch' parameter on several endpoints is not sanitized and is directly appended to the query.
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- CVE-2026-56287High
A boolean-based SQL Injection vulnerability exists in Apache Fineract's Client Search API (GET /api/v1/clients) up to version 1.14.0. The orderBy and sortOrder parameters are concatenated into a SQL query without sufficient validation, allowing an authenticated user with client view permission to inject arbitrary SQL via a crafted orderBy value.
- CVE-2026-35152High
A SQL Injection vulnerability exists in Apache Fineract's Report Execution API (runreports endpoint) in versions up to and including 1.14.0. Report parameter values are incorporated into the generated SQL query without sufficient validation, allowing an authenticated user with permission to run reports to inject arbitrary SQL.
Original NVD description (English source)
A SQL Injection vulnerability exists in Apache Fineract's Office Search API (GET /api/v1/offices) in versions up to and including 1.14.0. The orderBy request parameter is concatenated into a SQL query without sufficient validation, allowing an authenticated user with permission to view offices to inject arbitrary SQL via a crafted orderBy value. This is a bypass of the ColumnValidator fix introduced for CVE-2024-32838, which does not detect bare subqueries in the ORDER BY position. This can be leveraged to perform time-based blind SQL injection for data exfiltration. Because the injected query blocks the database connection for its full duration, concurrent exploitation can exhaust the application's database connection pool, resulting in denial of service for other users. Users are recommended to upgrade to a version containing the fix.