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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-40839

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 getComponentScalings 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-2026-40839 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in the getComponentScalings 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 information in SQL databases. Immediate compensating controls and input validation hardening are critical until vendor patches become available.

📄 Description (Arabic)

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 29, 2026 20:14
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This SQL injection vulnerability poses significant risk to Saudi banking sector (SAMA-regulated institutions), government agencies (NCA oversight), healthcare providers (MOH systems), and energy sector (ARAMCO, SEC). Organizations using affected components for customer data management, financial records, or critical infrastructure monitoring face confidentiality breaches. Telecom operators (STC, Mobily) managing subscriber information are particularly vulnerable. The unauthenticated nature increases attack surface across all sectors relying on web-facing database applications.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Banking and Financial Services Government and Public Administration Healthcare Energy and Utilities Telecommunications E-commerce and Retail
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
6.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Identify all systems running affected components by scanning for getComponentScalings function usage
2. Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to block SQL injection patterns (single quotes, UNION, SELECT, comment sequences)
3. Enable SQL query logging and monitoring for suspicious patterns
4. Restrict database user privileges to least-privilege principle

PATCHING GUIDANCE:
1. Contact vendor immediately for patch timeline and interim security updates
2. Prepare isolated test environment for patch validation
3. Establish rollback procedures before production deployment

COMPENSATING CONTROLS:
1. Implement parameterized queries/prepared statements in application code
2. Apply input validation: whitelist allowed characters, reject special SQL characters
3. Use database activity monitoring (DAM) solutions to detect anomalous queries
4. Implement rate limiting on getComponentScalings API endpoints
5. Deploy network segmentation to restrict database access

DETECTION RULES:
1. Monitor for SQL keywords in HTTP parameters (UNION, SELECT, DROP, INSERT)
2. Alert on multiple failed database queries from single source
3. Track unusual database connection patterns or data exfiltration volumes
4. Log all access to getComponentScalings function with full request/response capture
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تحديد جميع الأنظمة التي تشغل المكونات المتأثرة بمسح استخدام دالة getComponentScalings
2. تنفيذ قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب (WAF) لحجب أنماط حقن SQL
3. تفعيل تسجيل الاستعلامات وراقبة قاعدة البيانات للأنماط المريبة
4. تقييد امتيازات مستخدم قاعدة البيانات بمبدأ أقل امتياز

إرشادات التصحيح:
1. الاتصال بالمورد فوراً للحصول على جدول زمني للتصحيح والتحديثات الأمنية المؤقتة
2. تحضير بيئة اختبار معزولة للتحقق من صحة التصحيح
3. إنشاء إجراءات التراجع قبل نشر الإنتاج

تدابير التحكم التعويضية:
1. تنفيذ الاستعلامات المعاملة/البيانات المحضرة في كود التطبيق
2. تطبيق التحقق من صحة المدخلات: قائمة بيضاء للأحرف المسموحة، رفض أحرف SQL الخاصة
3. استخدام حلول مراقبة نشاط قاعدة البيانات (DAM) للكشف عن الاستعلامات الشاذة
4. تنفيذ تحديد معدل على نقاط نهاية API لـ getComponentScalings
5. نشر تقسيم الشبكة لتقييد الوصول إلى قاعدة البيانات

قواعد الكشف:
1. مراقبة كلمات SQL الرئيسية في معاملات HTTP (UNION, SELECT, DROP, INSERT)
2. تنبيه الاستعلامات الفاشلة المتعددة من مصدر واحد
3. تتبع أنماط اتصال قاعدة البيانات غير العادية أو أحجام تسرب البيانات
4. تسجيل جميع الوصول إلى دالة getComponentScalings مع التقاط الطلب/الاستجابة الكاملة
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
5.1.1 - Information Security Policies and Procedures 5.2.1 - Access Control and Authentication 5.3.1 - Cryptography and Data Protection 5.4.1 - Audit Logging and Monitoring 5.5.1 - Vulnerability Management
🔵 SAMA CSF
Governance - Risk Management Framework Protect - Access Control and Data Protection Detect - Security Monitoring and Incident Detection Respond - Incident Response Procedures
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.1 - Policies for information security A.6.1 - Internal organization A.8.1 - Asset management A.9.1 - Access control A.12.2 - Cryptography A.12.4 - Logging A.14.2 - Software development security
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
Requirement 1 - Firewall configuration Requirement 2 - Default passwords Requirement 6 - Secure development and vulnerability management Requirement 10 - Logging and monitoring
📊 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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