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CVE-2026-46373: SQLFluff · Recursive Stack Overflow in Parser

Affects sqlfluffSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 4.1.0 soon.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 19:04 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
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 4.1.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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.

What to do

Upgrade sqlfluff to 4.1.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
PyPIsqlfluffAffected
  • <4.1.0
Fixed in
  • 4.1.0

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Description

### Impact In deployments where untrusted users can provide SQL queries to be linted, an untrusted user can submit a malicious query with deliberate excessive nesting to any application using the parser to trigger a Denial of Service through resource exhaustion. ### Patches Versions 4.1.0 and up contain a configurable recursion limit, which is enabled by default, to prevent this manner of exploit. ### Credit Ori Nakar from Imperva Threat Research Team.

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