CVE-2026-9082 — Drupal core

As of 2026-05-23, CVE-2026-9082 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Drupal core, CVSS v3.1 9.8, EPSS 34.1% (97.0th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-05-22), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2026-05-27, and CISA links it to known ransomware campaigns. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 2 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2026-9082, most recently “CVE-2026-9082: Highly Critical Anonymous SQL Injection in Drupal Core PostgreSQL Entity Query Driver (SA-CORE-2026-004)”.

Last updated: 2026-05-23

What is CVE-2026-9082?

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Drupal Drupal core allows SQL Injection. This issue affects Drupal core: from 8.9.0 before 10.4.10, from 10.5.0 before 10.5.10, from 10.6.0 before 10.6.9, from 11.0.0 before 11.1.10, from 11.2.0 before 11.2.12, from 11.3.0 before 11.3.10.

The record classifies CVE-2026-9082 under weakness class CWE-89. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 115 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score

9.8 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS (FIRST)

34.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.0% of all scored CVEs

CISA KEV

Listed since 2026-05-22, federal remediation deadline 2026-05-27 — used in known ransomware campaigns

Threadlinqs priority

10/10 — CISA lists it as used in ransomware, which Threadlinqs scores at the maximum

Published

2026-05-20, last modified 2026-05-23

Is CVE-2026-9082 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2026-9082 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-05-22, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2026-05-27 under BOD 22-01. CISA flags the vulnerability as one used in known ransomware campaigns. It currently carries a trending score of 41 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

• Drupal: core

How to fix CVE-2026-9082

Because CVE-2026-9082 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2026-05-27. No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-9082 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-9082

2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2026-9082, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

• CVE-2026-9082: Highly Critical Anonymous SQL Injection in Drupal Core PostgreSQL Entity Query Driver (SA-CORE-2026-004) — CRITICAL · 2026-06-10
• Drupal Core Highly Critical SQL Injection in Database Abstraction API (PostgreSQL) — SA-CORE-2026-004 / CVE-2026-9082 — CRITICAL · 2026-05-21

Sources

Seeded from cveorg and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

• drupal.org

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