CVE-2026-9082
Drupal Core: SQL Injection
As of , CVE-2026-9082 in Drupal Core is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 22 May 2026
- US federal deadline
- 27 May 20265 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.16Higher than 96% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry
- Fix
- Vendor advice: www.drupal.orgLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Drupal Core contains a SQL injection vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation and remote code execution via specially crafted requests sent with the database abstraction API.
CISA's description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Drupal Drupal core allows SQL Injection. This issue affects Drupal core: from 8.9.0 before 10.4.10, from 10.5.0 before 10.5.10, from 10.6.0 before 10.6.9, from 11.0.0 before 11.1.10, from 11.2.0 before 11.2.12, from 11.3.0 before 11.3.10.
The CVE record's description, from drupal
- CVE published
- 20 May 2026
- Assigned by
- drupal
- CVSS
- 9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
- CWE-89
- Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- yes
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 52608).
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Drupal Core PostgreSQL EntityQuery SQL Injectionauxiliary module, rank normal
- Exploit-DB: Drupal Core 10.5.5 - Error-Based SQL InjectionEDB-ID 52608, 1 June 2026
Core: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2019-6340Remote Code Execution | Drupal Core | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.92; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.92 | ||
| CVE-2018-7602Remote Code Execution | Drupal Core | Patch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.99 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org