SQLite CLI through 3.54.1 Command Injection via .recover Output

Summary

SQLite command-line shell through 3.54.1 contains a command injection vulnerability in the .recover command that emits attacker-planted dot-commands stored in sqlite_schema.sql values verbatim. Attackers can craft a database whose schema holds a valid CREATE statement followed by a .shell or .system line, executing OS commands when victims pipe .recover output into sqlite3.

Remediation

1. Inventory every Sqlite Sqlite deployment, including staging.
2. No fixed version appears in the public sources yet. Check the references below and the vendor directly.

References

• Advisoryhttps://abraxaslabs.tech/research/sqlite-cli-recover
• Advisoryhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sqlite-cli-through-3.54.1-command-injection-via-recover-output
• Referencehttps://github.com/sqlite/sqlite
• Referencehttps://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.54.1/ext/recover/sqlite3recover.c#L1221-L1223
• Referencehttps://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.54.1/src/shell.c.in#L7877-L7891