--- id: CVE-2026-54350 title: >- Budibase has nonymous NoSQL operator injection via published-app query templates summary: >- Budibase has nonymous NoSQL operator injection via published-app query templates severity: critical cvss: 10 cwe: - CWE-89 - CWE-943 vendor: budibase product: '@budibase/server' ecosystem: npm affected: - '@budibase/server < 3.39.12' patched: - '@budibase/server 3.39.12' published: '2026-06-23' updated: '2026-06-23' source: GHSA sourceUrl: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8qv3-p479-cj62' references: - url: >- https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/security/advisories/GHSA-8qv3-p479-cj62 - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8qv3-p479-cj62' tags: - ghsa - npm - exploit-available epss: 0.00538 epssPercentile: 0.42898 ingestedAt: '2026-06-29T13:24:35.449Z' exploits: github: 1 githubRepos: - 'https://github.com/BiiTts/CVE-2026-54350-Budibase-NoSQL-Injection' checkedAt: '2026-09-26T09:05:49.440Z' exploitAvailable: true --- ## Overview ## Summary `enrichContext` at `packages/server/src/sdk/workspace/queries/queries.ts:121-138` substitutes parameter values into the raw JSON body of a query, then `JSON.parse`s the result. The validator `validateQueryInputs` at `packages/server/src/api/controllers/query/index.ts:61-71` rejects only Handlebars markers (`{{`, `}}`) in user input and does not escape JSON metacharacters (`"`, `\`, `}`). A parameter value containing a closing quote and additional keys lifts attacker-controlled fields into the parsed filter object. For Mongo `find`, the parsed filter passes directly to `collection.find()` (`packages/server/src/integrations/mongodb.ts:506-510`). Duplicate-key JSON parsing overrides the builder's `{name: "..."}` with `{name: {$exists: true}}` and returns every document. The same primitive against an `updateMany` query (`mongodb.ts:577-585`) widens the filter scope to the full collection while the builder-controlled `$set` body runs against every matched document. The `authorized` middleware at `packages/server/src/middleware/authorized.ts:141-148` short-circuits when the query's role is `PUBLIC`. CSRF is not enforced on this path. `POST /api/v2/queries/:queryId` (`packages/server/src/api/routes/query.ts:63`) accepts the call with no session, only an `x-budibase-app-id` header that is public from the published-app URL. Result: an unauthenticated visitor of any published Budibase app reads every document of the backing MongoDB, CouchDB, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB-PartiQL, or REST-with-JSON-body collection and, where the builder has published a PUBLIC write query, modifies every document of that collection with one HTTP request. ## Affected `Budibase/budibase` server, `@budibase/server` package, `<= 3.39.0` (HEAD `feab995`, released 2026-05-20). Reachable on any deployment where a workspace builder has set the role of a non-SQL query (MongoDB, CouchDB, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB-PartiQL, or REST with `bodyType=json`) to `PUBLIC` and published the app. This is the canonical low-code public-form use case. SQL datasources (Postgres, MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle, MariaDB) route through `interpolateSQL` and are not affected. ## Root cause `packages/server/src/sdk/workspace/queries/queries.ts:121-138`: `processStringSync(fields[key], parameters, {noEscaping: true, noHelpers: true})` writes the raw parameter value into the JSON-body string with no JSON-string escape; the followup `JSON.parse(enrichedQuery.json || enrichedQuery.customData || enrichedQuery.requestBody)` lifts the substituted text into the integration filter object. `packages/server/src/api/controllers/query/index.ts:61-71`: `validateQueryInputs` only rejects values where `findHBSBlocks(value).length !== 0` (Handlebars markers) and ignores JSON metacharacters. `packages/server/src/integrations/mongodb.ts:506-510`: `collection.find(json)` receives the user-controlled filter object directly with no key prefix or operator allow-list. `packages/server/src/integrations/mongodb.ts:577-585`: `collection.updateMany(json.filter, json.update, json.options)` accepts the templated filter without verifying that the substituted filter still matches the builder's intent. `packages/server/src/middleware/authorized.ts:141-148`: `if (resourceRoles.includes(roles.BUILTIN_ROLE_IDS.PUBLIC)) return next()` skips both authentication and CSRF. `packages/server/src/integrations/queries/sql.ts:29-122`: `interpolateSQL` rewrites every `{{ binding }}` to a positional bind placeholder (`$N` or `?`). The SQL leg is bind-parameterised; the JSON leg is not. ## Reproduction `budibase/budibase:latest` (`v3.39.0`) Docker single-container, default config. Builder logs in once, creates a MongoDB datasource, creates a query `GetUserByName` with body `{ "name": "{{ name }}" }`, sets the query role to `PUBLIC`, and publishes the app. 1. Anonymous client sends the inject payload to the read query. ```http POST /api/v2/queries/ HTTP/1.1 Host: x-budibase-app-id: Content-Type: application/json {"parameters":{"name":"x\",\"name\":{\"$exists\":true},\"$comment\":\"audit"}} ``` ```json {"data":[ {"_id":"...","name":"alice","secret":"alice-secret-flag"}, {"_id":"...","name":"bob","secret":"bob-secret-flag"}, {"_id":"...","name":"admin","role":"admin","secret":"ADMIN-SUPER-SECRET-FLAG"} ]} ``` 2. Builder publishes a second query `TouchUser` (verb `update`, action `updateMany`, body `{ "filter": { "name": "{{ name }}" }, "update": { "$set": { "touched": true } } }`, role `PUBLIC`). Anonymous client sends the same inject pattern. ```http POST /api/v2/queries/ HTTP/1.1 Host: x-budibase-app-id: Content-Type: application/json {"parameters":{"name":"x\",\"name\":{\"$exists\":true},\"$comment\":\"esc"}} ``` ```json {"data":[{"acknowledged":true,"matchedCount":3,"modifiedCount":3,"upsertedId":null,"upsertedCount":0}]} ``` Live-verified: against Budibase v3.39.0 on 2026-05-20, anonymous read returned every document including `ADMIN-SUPER-SECRET-FLAG`; anonymous `updateMany` reported `matchedCount: 3, modifiedCount: 3` against a 3-document collection where the builder's filter intended `name = "x"`. ## Impact - Anonymous read of every document in any backing MongoDB, CouchDB, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB-PartiQL, or REST-with-JSON-body collection reachable through a `PUBLIC` query, including columns the published query was not designed to return (`password_hash`, `secret`, `api_token`, `mfa_secret`). - Anonymous modification of every document of that collection where the builder has published a `PUBLIC` `update`, `delete`, or `aggregate` query, beyond the builder's intended single-document scope. - One HTTP request, no session, no CSRF, no user interaction. ## Credit Jan Kahmen, [turingpoint](https://turingpoint.de) (jan@turingpoint.de). ## Affected packages - `@budibase/server < 3.39.12` ## Remediation Upgrade to a patched release: - `@budibase/server 3.39.12`