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CVE-2026-40837

Medium
CWE-89 — Weakness Type
Published: May 27, 2026  ·  Modified: May 30, 2026  ·  Source: NVD
CVSS v3
6.5
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

An low privileged remote attacker can exploit an unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability in the getProjectScalings function due to improper neutralization of special elements in a SQL SELECT command. This can result in a total loss of confidentiality.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

CVE-2026-40837 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in the getProjectScalings function that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to extract sensitive data through improper input sanitization. While no public exploit exists and patching is unavailable, the vulnerability poses significant risk to organizations storing confidential project and scaling data. Immediate compensating controls and input validation hardening are critical until vendor patches become available.

📄 Description (Arabic)

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 29, 2026 18:16
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi organizations in project management, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise resource planning sectors face significant risk. Government entities using affected systems for project tracking (NCA oversight), ARAMCO and energy sector organizations managing scaling operations, banking institutions with project-based systems, and telecommunications providers (STC) managing infrastructure projects are most vulnerable. Data exfiltration could expose strategic project timelines, resource allocation, and confidential business operations.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government Banking Energy (ARAMCO) Telecommunications (STC) Healthcare Cloud Infrastructure Providers Enterprise Resource Planning
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
6.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Identify all systems running affected products/versions with getProjectScalings function
2. Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to block SQL injection patterns in getProjectScalings parameters
3. Enable SQL query logging and monitoring for suspicious SELECT statements
4. Restrict network access to affected functions using IP whitelisting where possible

COMPENSATING CONTROLS:
5. Apply input validation: implement strict whitelist validation for all parameters to getProjectScalings
6. Use parameterized queries/prepared statements in application code
7. Implement database-level access controls limiting query results to authenticated sessions
8. Deploy database activity monitoring (DAM) solutions to detect unauthorized data access

DETECTION:
9. Monitor for SQL keywords (UNION, SELECT, OR, AND) in getProjectScalings function parameters
10. Alert on unusual database query volumes or timing patterns
11. Track failed authentication attempts followed by SQL injection attempts
12. Establish baseline for normal getProjectScalings query patterns

PATCHING STRATEGY:
13. Contact vendor for security advisory and patch timeline
14. Prepare isolated test environment for patch validation
15. Document all compensating controls for compliance audits
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تحديد جميع الأنظمة التي تقوم بتشغيل المنتجات/الإصدارات المتأثرة مع دالة getProjectScalings
2. تنفيذ قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب (WAF) لحظر أنماط حقن SQL في معاملات getProjectScalings
3. تفعيل تسجيل استعلامات SQL والمراقبة للعبارات المريبة
4. تقييد الوصول إلى الشبكة للوظائف المتأثرة باستخدام القائمة البيضاء للعناوين حيث أمكن

الضوابط التعويضية:
5. تطبيق التحقق من صحة المدخلات: تنفيذ التحقق من القائمة البيضاء الصارمة لجميع معاملات getProjectScalings
6. استخدام الاستعلامات المعاملة/البيانات المحضرة في كود التطبيق
7. تنفيذ ضوابط الوصول على مستوى قاعدة البيانات التي تحد من نتائج الاستعلام للجلسات المصرح بها
8. نشر حلول مراقبة نشاط قاعدة البيانات (DAM) للكشف عن الوصول غير المصرح به للبيانات

الكشف:
9. مراقبة كلمات SQL الرئيسية (UNION, SELECT, OR, AND) في معاملات دالة getProjectScalings
10. التنبيه على أحجام الاستعلامات غير العادية أو أنماط التوقيت
11. تتبع محاولات المصادقة الفاشلة متبوعة بمحاولات حقن SQL
12. إنشاء خط أساس لأنماط استعلامات getProjectScalings العادية

استراتيجية التصحيح:
13. الاتصال بالمورد للحصول على استشارة أمنية وجدول زمني للتصحيح
14. تحضير بيئة اختبار معزولة للتحقق من صحة التصحيح
15. توثيق جميع الضوابط التعويضية لتدقيقات الامتثال
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.14.2.1 - Secure development policy A.14.2.5 - Secure development environment A.14.3.1 - Testing of security functionality A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.RA-1 - Asset management and vulnerability identification PR.DS-1 - Data security and protection DE.CM-1 - Detection and monitoring of anomalies RS.MI-1 - Incident response and mitigation
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities A.14.2.1 - Secure development policy A.14.3.1 - Testing of security functionality A.13.1.3 - Segregation of networks
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
6.5.1 - Injection flaws prevention 6.2 - Security patches and updates 11.2 - Vulnerability scanning
📊 CVSS Score
6.5
/ 10.0 — Medium
📊 CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack VectorN — None / Network
Attack ComplexityL — Low / Local
Privileges RequiredL — Low / Local
User InteractionN — None / Network
ScopeU — Unchanged
ConfidentialityH — High
IntegrityN — None / Network
AvailabilityN — None / Network
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Medium
CVSS Score6.5
CWECWE-89
EPSS0.04%
Exploit No
Patch ✗ No
Published 2026-05-27
Source Feed nvd
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
6.8
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: HIGH
🏷️ Tags
CWE-89
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