DBAL 3 SQL Injection Security Vulnerability
We have released a new version Doctrine DBAL 3.1.4 that fixes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the LIMIT clause generation API provided by the Platform abstraction.
We advise everyone using Doctrine DBAL 3.0.0 up to 3.1.3 to upgrade to 3.1.4 immediately.
The vulnerability can happen when unsanitized input is passed to many APIs in Doctrine DBAL and ORM that ultimately end up calling AbstractPlatform::modifyLimitQuery.
As a workaround you can cast all limit and offset parameters to integers before passing them to Doctrine APIs.
This vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2021-43608.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composer package | doctrine/dbal | >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.4 | 3.1.4 |
References
- https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/security/advisories/GHSA-r7cj-8hjg-x622
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43608
- https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/commit/9dcfa4cb6c03250b78a84737ba7ceb82f4b7ba4d
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/doctrine/dbal/CVE-2021-43608.yaml
- https://github.com/doctrine/dbal
- https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/releases
- https://www.doctrine-project.org/2021/11/11/dbal3-vulnerability-fixed.html
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-89- Platform
- Composer
- Package
doctrine/dbal- Disclosed
- 16.11.2021
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-r7cj-8hjg-x622 - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: doctrine/dbal
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 2
- First → latest
- 11.2021 05.2024
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Critical 1
- High 1
Disclosures per year
- 2021: 1
- 2022: 0
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 1
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
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