# CVE-2026-44680: MikroORM: SQL injection via runtime-controlled identifiers and JSON-path keys

- Also known as: GHSA-CFW5-68C4-FFQP
- Severity: CVSS 7.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 7.0.14, 6.6.14
- Published: 2026-05-26 · Updated: 2026-05-26

## Affected

- mikro-orm: from 7.0.0-rc.0, fixed in 7.0.14; fixed in 6.6.14
- @mikro-orm knex: fixed in 6.6.14
- @mikro-orm sql: fixed in 7.0.14
- @mikro-orm/sql (npm): fixed in 7.0.14
- @mikro-orm/knex (npm): fixed in 6.6.14

## Description

MikroORM is a TypeScript ORM for Node.js based on Data Mapper, Unit of Work and Identity Map patterns. Prior to @mikro-orm/knex 6.6.14 and @mikro-orm/sql 7.0.14, MikroORM's identifier-quoting helper (Platform.quoteIdentifier and the postgres/mssql overrides) and its JSON-path emitters (Platform.getSearchJsonPropertyKey, quoteJsonKey) did not properly escape characters that delimit the SQL identifier or string-literal context they emit into. When application code passes attacker-influenced strings to public ORM APIs that expect an identifier or a JSON-property filter, an attacker can break out of the quoted context and inject arbitrary SQL. This vulnerability is fixed in @mikro-orm/knex 6.6.14 and @mikro-orm/sql 7.0.14.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on mikro-orm, @mikro-orm knex, @mikro-orm sql or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (7.0.14, 6.6.14) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/mikro-orm/mikro-orm/security/advisories/GHSA-cfw5-68c4-ffqp
- https://github.com/mikro-orm/mikro-orm/pull/7653
- https://github.com/mikro-orm/mikro-orm/pull/7654
- https://github.com/mikro-orm/mikro-orm/pull/7656
- https://github.com/mikro-orm/mikro-orm/pull/7657
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52600
- https://github.com/CerberusMrXi/CVE-2026-44680-MikroORM-SQL-Injection-Exploit-Framework

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