CVE-2026-33468 HIGH

CVE-2026-33468: Kysely has a MySQL SQL Injection via Insufficient Backslash Escaping in `sql.lit(string)` usage or similar methods that append string literal values into the compiled SQL strings

Vendor Kysely-Org
Product kysely
Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi
Published March 26, 2026
Last update March 26, 2026

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Kysely is a type-safe TypeScript SQL query builder. Prior to version 0.28.14, Kysely's `DefaultQueryCompiler.sanitizeStringLiteral()` only escapes single quotes by doubling them (`'` → `''`) but does not escape backslashes. When used with the MySQL dialect (where `NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES` is OFF by default), an attacker can use a backslash to escape the trailing quote of a string literal, breaking out of the string context and injecting arbitrary SQL. This affects any code path that uses `ImmediateValueTransformer` to inline values — specifically `CreateIndexBuilder.where()` and `CreateViewBuilder.as()`. Version 0.28.14 contains a fix.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 26, 2026 CVE published
March 26, 2026 Record updated