GHSA-9ggv-8w38-r7pm
### Impact Blind SQL injection vulnerability in `UpdateQueryBuilder` and `SoftDeleteQueryBuilder` affecting MySQL and MariaDB users. `UpdateQueryBuilder` and `SoftDeleteQueryBuilder` (including their `addOrderBy` variants) do not validate the `order` parameter against an allowlist of permitted values (`ASC`/`DESC`). The caller-supplied value is stored verbatim and concatenated directly into the generated SQL string without quoting or parameterization. `SelectQueryBuilder.orderBy` performs this validation correctly; the affected builders do not. If any code path passes user-controlled input to `orderBy`/`addOrderBy` on an update or soft-delete query, an attacker can inject arbitrary SQL via the sort direction — even when the column name itself is hardcoded. Demonstrated impact includes: - **Data exfiltration** via time-based blind extraction (e.g. using `SLEEP()` to infer secret values bit by bit) - **Row targeting manipulation** in queries using `LIMIT` patterns - **Denial of service** via `SLEEP()`-based query exhaustion CVSS 3.1: **8.6 (High)** — `AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L` Affected files (relative to commit `73fda419`): - `src/query-builder/UpdateQueryBuilder.ts`: lines 383–419 and 718–744 - `src/query-builder/SoftDeleteQueryBuilder.ts`: lines 352–388 and 520–546 The vulnerability was introduced in commit `03799bd2` (v0.1.12) and is present through the latest release (v0.3.28). ### Patches A fix has been released in 0.3.29 (1b66c44) and 1.0.0 (93eec63). ### Workarounds Applications can manually validate the `order` argument before passing it to `orderBy` or `addOrderBy` on update or soft-delete query builders: ```ts const direction = userInput.toUpperCase(); if (direction !== 'ASC' && direction !== 'DESC') { throw new Error('Invalid sort direction'); } qb.orderBy(column, direction as 'ASC' | 'DESC'); ``` Do not pass user-controlled values to `orderBy`/`addOrderBy` on `UpdateQueryBuilder` or `SoftDeleteQueryBuilder` without this validation
Properties
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-9ggv-8w38-r7pm
- severity
- medium
- summary
- TypeORM: SQL Injection in UpdateQueryBuilder/SoftDeleteQueryBuilder orderBy (MySQL/MariaDB)
- cvss_score
- 5.9
- cve_id
- GHSA-9ggv-8w38-r7pm
- cvss_vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- is_ghsa_only
- true
- ghsa_published
- 2026-06-19T19:18:49Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9ggv-8w38-r7pm
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-06-19T19:18:51Z
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