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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-9082Published 2026-05-20

CVE-2026-9082 — Drupal core

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As of 2026-10-07, CVE-2026-9082 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Drupal core, CVSS v3.1 9.8, EPSS 15.7% (96.7th 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)”.

CVSS v3.1
9.8/10Critical
EPSS
15.7%Higher than 96.7% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
ListedAdded · due 2026-05-27
Tracked threats
2Campaigns referencing it
Priority
10/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
Updated 2026-10-07
CVSS v3.1 9.8 (CRITICAL) · EPSS 15.7% (higher than 96.7% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 10/10 · Published 2026-05-20

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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 161 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)
15.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.7% 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 2026-10-07

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. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2026-9082 is publicly available. 10 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier. A ProjectDiscovery Nuclei detection template exists (http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-9082.yaml). It currently carries a trending score of 49 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

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.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, public proof-of-concept repositories, ProjectDiscovery Nuclei. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .

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