CVE-2026-77635
SQL injection in CakePHP Postgres jsonPath handling
Is CVE-2026-77635 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-77635 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.29% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-77635?
CVE-2026-77635 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.2. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-77635?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-77635. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-77635 affect?
CVE-2026-77635 affects CakePHP < 5.1.10 (5.1.x line), CakePHP < 5.2.15 (5.2.x line), CakePHP < 5.3.7 (5.3.x line), FunctionsBuilder::jsonValue() with PostgresDriver. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-77635?
Upgrade to 5.1.10/5.2.15/5.3.7; validate/sanitize jsonPath inputs
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
SQL injection via user-controlled jsonPath allowing arbitrary queries, data exfiltration, and DB modification
Immediate action required
- affected>= 5.1.0 and < 5.1.10
- affected>= 5.2.0 and < 5.2.15
- affected>= 5.3.0 and < 5.3.7
- affected>= 5.1.0 and < 5.1.10
- affected>= 5.2.0 and < 5.2.15
- affected>= 5.3.0 and < 5.3.7
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.