Chartbrew: Incomplete Read-Only Keyword Blocklist in AI runQuery Tool

published 2026-09-21 48 d ago modified 2026-09-24 45 d ago also EUVD-2026-84213

cvss: 6.5; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits: 0; none known

Chartbrew is an open-source web application that can connect directly to databases and APIs and use the data to create charts. Prior to 5.2.2, Chartbrew's runQuery() implementation in server/modules/ai/orchestrator/tools/runQuery.js attempts to enforce read-only database access with a blocklist containing only seven SQL keywords. An authenticated user with AI feature access can submit dangerous statements or database functions that are absent from the read-only keyword blocklist, causing them to execute without SQL injection or keyword-obfuscation techniques. Depending on the database engine, configuration, and database-user privileges, this can expose or write files, access internal network resources, change database privileges, execute commands, or alter data. This issue is fixed in version 5.2.2.

Patch / fix

links 2

github.com/chartbrew/chartbrew@8c8412e commit
github.com/chartbrew/chartbrew/releases/tag/v5.2.2 release

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 47 d ago (2026-09-22)

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	6.5	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CNA	4.0	6.5	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

chartbrew chartbrew

Classification

Weakness

CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-61851
NVD CVE-2026-61851

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Summary