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CVE-2022-46908

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-12-12 · updated 2026-10-14

Description

SQLite through 3.40.0, when relying on --safe for execution of an untrusted CLI script, does not properly implement the azProhibitedFunctions protection mechanism, and instead allows UDF functions such as WRITEFILE.

Affected products

• SQLite: from 3.37.0 before 3.40.1 — fixed in 3.40.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SQLite 3.40.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33948588
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-03
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0005/
• https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/07beac8056151b2f
• https://sqlite.org/src/info/cefc032473ac5ad2
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33948588
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-03
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0005/
• https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/07beac8056151b2f
• https://sqlite.org/src/info/cefc032473ac5ad2
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-556635.html

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