lowVulnerability

GHSA-j88v-2chj-qfwx

### Impact SQL Injection can occur when: 1. The non-default simple protocol is used. 2. A dollar quoted string literal is used in the SQL query. 3. That string literal contains text that would be would be interpreted as a placeholder outside of a string literal. 4. The value of that placeholder is controllable by the attacker. e.g. ```go attackValue := `$tag$; drop table canary; --` _, err = tx.Exec(ctx, `select $tag$ $1 $tag$, $1`, pgx.QueryExecModeSimpleProtocol, attackValue) ``` This is unlikely to occur outside of a contrived scenario. ### Patches The problem is resolved in v5.9.2. ### Workarounds Do not use the simple protocol to execute queries matching all the above conditions.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-j88v-2chj-qfwx
severity
low
summary
pgx: SQL Injection via placeholder confusion with dollar quoted string literals
cve_id
GHSA-j88v-2chj-qfwx
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-04-22T20:46:51Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j88v-2chj-qfwx
ghsa_updated
2026-04-22T20:46:52Z

Related Entities (8)

VULNERABLE_TO (3)

[Software]go/github.com/jackc/pgx/v4
[Software]go/github.com/jackc/pgx/v5
[Software]go/github.com/jackc/pgx

AFFECTS (3)

[Software]go/github.com/jackc/pgx/v5
[Software]go/github.com/jackc/pgx
[Software]go/github.com/jackc/pgx/v4

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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