# CVE-2026-3960: Remote Code Execution in h2oai/h2o-3

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2180, GHSA-QMCV-HH7C-3M56
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.46.0.10
- Published: 2026-04-23 · Updated: 2026-04-23

## Affected

- h2oai h2oai/h2o-3: fixed in 3.46.0.10
- h2o (PyPI): fixed in 3.46.0.10
- ai.h2o:h2o-core (Maven): fixed in 3.46.0.10

## Description

A critical remote code execution vulnerability exists in the unauthenticated REST API endpoint /99/ImportSQLTable in H2O-3 version 3.46.0.9 and prior. The vulnerability arises due to insufficient security controls in the parameter blacklist mechanism, which only targets MySQL JDBC driver-specific dangerous parameters. An attacker can bypass these controls by switching the JDBC URL protocol to jdbc:postgresql: and exploiting PostgreSQL JDBC driver-specific parameters such as socketFactory and socketFactoryArg. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the H2O-3 server with the privileges of the H2O-3 process. The issue is resolved in version 3.46.0.10.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on h2oai h2oai/h2o-3, h2o, ai.h2o:h2o-core, upgrade to a fixed version (3.46.0.10) per the references below.
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## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/6954fe04-b905-453f-8c53-205ac8377e0d
- https://github.com/h2oai/h2o-3/commit/b9ae2d3c5220db2dc53753357a783e590364d044

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