runZero search SQL injection

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Vendors runZero
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Executive summary #

A specially crafted malformed search query could return results from outside a user's organization. Log analysis of runZero's hosted environment found only testing of the issue and no adversary traffic. This is an instance of CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command, or SQL Injection), with a CVSSv3.1 score of 5.0 (Medium): CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Attacker value #

An authenticated user could use a specially crafted search query to read results from outside their own organization. Review of logs from runZero's hosted environment found no evidence that an adversary exploited this issue.

Credit #

This issue was discovered at runZero during a routine code security review.

Timeline #

  • 2026-10-13 (Tue): Issue identified and fixed in version 5.1.261013.1 by the vendor
  • 2026-10-13 (Tue): CVE-2026-110265 reserved
  • 2026-11-03 (Tue): This advisory published

Written by todb

Tod Beardsley is VP of Security Research at runZero, where he "kicks assets and fakes frames." Prior to 2025, he was the Section Chief for the Vulnerability Response section for CSD/VM/VRC at CISA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, part of the US government, and a seasonal Travis County Election Judge in Texas. He's also a founder and CNA point of contact for AHA!. Tod spends much of his time involved in vulnerability research and coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD). He has over 30 years of hands-on security experience, stretching from in-band telephony switching to modern ICS/OT implementations. He has held IT ops, security, software engineering, and management positions in large organizations such as the US Government, Rapid7, 3Com, Dell, and Westinghouse, as both an offensive and defensive practitioner. Tod is a CVE Board member, has authored several research papers, and is an internationally-tolerated horror fiction expert.

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