# CVE-2026-48188: SQL Injection via MySQL Quote Method

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-06-01 · Updated: 2026-06-01

## Affected

- OTRS AG OTRS: from 2026.x, through 2026.3.x
- OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.x

## Description

An improper Input Validation vulnerability in OTRS or ((OTRS)) Community Edition database layer module allows an unauthenticated SQL injection which can lead to an authentication bypass. This issue only affects the system if the MySQL/MariaDB server is configured with the NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES SQL mode. This issue affects OTRS: * 7.0.X * 8.0.X * 2023.X * 2024.X * 2025.X * 2026.X before 2026.4.X * (OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OTRS AG OTRS, OTRS AG ((OTRS)) Community Edition, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2026-02/
- https://github.com/Habuon/CVE-2026-48188

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