CVE-2025-60542VulnerabilityPublished 8 Dec 2025Updated 26 Sep 2026

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8.1 release

Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database

Authoritative record:CVE-2025-60542· Medium 6.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium : upgrade Red Hat to 0.3.26 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.5Medium

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 18% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 0.3.26

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

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 29 Oct 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: 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 26 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.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC 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 typeorm to 0.3.26.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
npmtypeorm`pkg:npm/typeorm`Other threats	Affected <0.3.26	Fixed in 0.3.26

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AI-suggested

Red Hat advises updating to Red Hat Developer Hub version 1.8.1, which addresses this vulnerability. No practical alternative mitigations have been identified. Users should promptly upgrade affected installations to the fixed version to remediate the issue.

Description

Red Hat Developer Hub (RHDH) is Red Hat's enterprise-grade, self-managed, customizable developer portal based on Backstage.io. RHDH is supported on OpenShift and other major Kubernetes clusters (AKS, EKS, GKE). The core features of RHDH include a single pane of glass, a centralized software catalog, self-service via golden path templates, and Tech Docs. RHDH is extensible by plugins.

Impact

Successful exploitation allows attackers to perform SQL injection attacks, leading to unauthorized reading and modification of application data, bypassing access controls, and potentially escalating privileges within the affected Red Hat Developer Hub deployments. This compromises data integrity and confidentiality but does not affect availability. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.

Summary

Red Hat Developer Hub (RHDH), an enterprise developer portal based on Backstage.io, is affected by a SQL injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-60542. The issue stems from TypeORM's repository.save and repository.update methods incorrectly handling nested JSON objects when using MySQL/mysql2 drivers. The underlying cause is the stringifyObjects option set to false by default, which allows attackers to craft malicious JSON payloads that lead to SQL injection. This can result in bypassing field-level restrictions, unauthorized modification of database columns, and potential privilege escalation. Red Hat Developer Hub versions in the 1.8.0 to before 1.8.1 range are affected. Red Hat has released version 1.8.1 but has not provided a direct fix for the vulnerability within the advisory, recommending updating to the fixed version as the primary mitigation.

CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #2OWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Architecture and Design · Parameterization
If available, use structured mechanisms that automatically enforce the separation between data and code. These mechanisms may be able to provide the relevant quoting, encoding, and validation automatically, instead of relying on the developer to provide this capability at every point where output is generated.
Architecture and Design · Operation · Environment Hardening
Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Query Parameterization (opens in a new tab)
Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards (opens in a new tab)
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
XML External Entity Prevention (opens in a new tab)
File Upload (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.3.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.3.5 (opens in a new tab)
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Command Line Execution through SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)
Object Relational Mapping Injection (opens in a new tab)
SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering (opens in a new tab)
Expanding Control over the Operating System from the Database (opens in a new tab)
SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).
CWE-674Uncontrolled Recursion (opens in a new tab)
Class weakness
The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
Implementation
Ensure that an end condition will be reached under all logic conditions. The end condition may include checking against the depth of recursion and exiting with an error if the recursion goes too deep. The complexity of the end condition contributes to the effectiveness of this action.
Implementation
Increase the stack size.
Attack patterns
Serialized Data with Nested Payloads (opens in a new tab)
Oversized Serialized Data Payloads (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 16 Aug 2026, 17:17 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-89, CWE-674

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