# CVE-2026-30951: Sequelize v6 Vulnerable to SQL Injection via JSON Column Cast Type

- Also known as: GHSA-6457-6JRX-69CR
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 6.37.8
- Published: 2026-03-10 · Updated: 2026-08-20

## Affected

- sequelize: from 6.0.0-beta.1, fixed in 6.37.8
- sequelize (npm): from 6.0.0-beta.1, fixed in 6.37.8

## Description

Sequelize is a Node.js ORM tool. Prior to 6.37.8, there is SQL injection via unescaped cast type in JSON/JSONB where clause processing. The _traverseJSON() function splits JSON path keys on :: to extract a cast type, which is interpolated raw into CAST(... AS <type>) SQL. An attacker who controls JSON object keys can inject arbitrary SQL and exfiltrate data from any table. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.37.8.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sequelize, upgrade to a fixed version (6.37.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/sequelize/sequelize/security/advisories/GHSA-6457-6jrx-69cr
- https://github.com/EQSTLab/CVE-2026-30951
- https://github.com/yym8538/CVE-2026-30951

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