highVulnerability

CVE-2026-50180

### Summary `SQLChatAgent` in `langroid` ships a `_validate_query` defense-in-depth layer whose `_DANGEROUS_SQL_PATTERNS` regex blocklist enumerates dangerous SQL primitives by specific function name. The list misses the canonical PostgreSQL filesystem-disclosure family `pg_read_file()`, `pg_stat_file()`, `pg_ls_logdir()`, `pg_ls_waldir()`, `pg_current_logfile()` (and similar `SELECT`-shaped functions in the same family). It also leaves SQL Server `OPENDATASOURCE` and SQLite `ATTACH '<file>' AS x` (DATABASE keyword omitted) unblocked. An attacker able to shape the LLM's generated SQL (directly via prompt input or transitively via prompt-injection in data the LLM ingests) can read arbitrary files from the PostgreSQL host through ordinary `SELECT` queries, even with the agent's strict default configuration (`allow_dangerous_operations=False`, `allowed_statement_types=['SELECT']`). The payloads survive the statement-type allowlist (each is a `SELECT`) and pass through the regex blocklist (none of the function names match), then reach the live SQLAlchemy engine via `SQLChatAgent.run_query`. ### Affected versions `langroid` `<= 0.63.0` (latest at the time of this report; PyPI release 2026-05-27). The vulnerable code path is `langroid/agent/special/sql/sql_chat_agent.py::_validate_query`, which consults the module-level `_DANGEROUS_SQL_PATTERNS` literal at `sql_chat_agent.py:113-141`. ### Privilege required Any caller able to influence the LLM-generated `RunQueryTool.query` string that reaches `SQLChatAgent.run_query`. In a typical deployment this is any client of a SQLChatAgent-backed service, or any upstream data source whose content the LLM is asked to read and summarise. No PostgreSQL credentials are required from the attacker; the agent holds them. ### Vulnerable code `langroid/agent/special/sql/sql_chat_agent.py:113-141` (the `_DANGEROUS_SQL_PATTERNS` literal) and `sql_chat_agent.py:546-615` (the `_validate_query` method that consults it): ```python # sql_c

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-pmch-g965-grmr
severity
high
summary
Langroid: SQLChatAgent _validate_query blocklist misses pg_read_file family enabling arbitrary file read
epss_score
0.00568
cve_id
CVE-2026-50180
is_ghsa_only
false
ghsa_published
2026-07-02T17:42:09Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmch-g965-grmr
epss_percentile
0.44345
ghsa_updated
2026-07-02T17:42:09Z

Related Entities (6)

ENRICHED_BY (1)

[Source]FIRST EPSS

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]pip/langroid

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]pip/langroid

HAS_WEAKNESS (2)

[Weakness]Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
[Weakness]Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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