VulnerabilityPublished 17 Apr 2026Updated 20 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-34232: FirebirdSQL firebird · Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure

Affects FirebirdSQL firebirdSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High · fixed in 5.0.4 : patch FirebirdSQL firebird soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.5High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 40% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 5.0.4, 4.0.7, 3.0.14

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: High: There is total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 17 Apr 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade firebird and firebirdsql/firebird to 5.0.4, 4.0.7 or 3.0.14.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
FirebirdSQLfirebird	Affected >=5.0.0 <5.0.4	Fixed in 5.0.4
FirebirdSQLfirebird	Affected >=4.0.0 <4.0.7	Fixed in 4.0.7
FirebirdSQLfirebird	Affected >=3.0.0 <3.0.14	Fixed in 3.0.14
GitHubfirebirdsql/firebird`pkg:github/firebirdsql/firebird`Other threats	Affected <3.0.14 <4.0.7 <5.0.4	Fixed in 3.0.14 4.0.7 5.0.4

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AI-suggested

A fix is available in FirebirdSQL versions 3.0.14, 4.0.7, and 5.0.4. Users should upgrade to these or later versions to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, patching the affected software installations is required. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor's versioning information.

Description

Firebird is an open-source relational database management system. In versions prior to 5.0.4, 4.0.7 and 3.0.14, the xdr_status_vector() function does not handle the isc_arg_cstring type when decoding an op_response packet, causing a server crash when one is encountered in the status vector. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted op_response packet to the server. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.0.4, 4.0.7 and 3.0.14.

Impact

The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by crashing the FirebirdSQL server through crafted op_response packets. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity according to the CVSS vector. The severity is rated high due to the ease of remote exploitation and the resulting service disruption.

Summary

FirebirdSQL's xdr_status_vector() function improperly processes the isc_arg_cstring type in op_response packets in affected versions, causing a server crash when such a packet is received. This can be triggered remotely by an unauthenticated attacker, resulting in denial of service. The vulnerability affects FirebirdSQL versions 3.0.0 up to but not including 3.0.14, 4.0.0 up to but not including 4.0.7, and 5.0.0 up to but not including 5.0.4. The issue is resolved in versions 3.0.14, 4.0.7, and 5.0.4.

CWE-228Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure (opens in a new tab)
Class weakness
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles input that is not syntactically well-formed with respect to the associated specification.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 25 Apr 2026, 02:59 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-228

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