CVE-2026-38739

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreLOW confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-29. the CNA's CVSS baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:github_m, epss, ghsa
7.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy has a SQL injection in dfscleanup

NB: All tags and branches in this repository are past their end of life, so the vulnerability will not be fixed. The advisory is posted on the request of the researcher, for the information of anyone who might still use this software.

Impact

There is a security vulnerability in eZ Publish Legacy, affecting the dfscleanup.php script and the _getFileList function of the eZDFSFileHandlerMySQLiBackend class (kernel/private/classes/clusterfilehandlers/dfsbackends/mysqli.php). The vulnerability allows an attacker with local shell access and sufficient privileges to run dfscleanup.php to perform a union-based SQL injection against the eZ Publish MySQL database, potentially exposing sensitive data such as user credentials.

It is known to affect the branch 2019.03, and it may well affect other branches.

Credit

The issue was found and reported by security auditor Timothé Ridel from Advens: https://www.advens.com/

Patches

None, the software is past its end of life.

Workarounds

None.

Resources

  • Report by Advens: https://github.com/Goaterino/ezpublish-legacy-lab/blob/main/SQL%20injection%20and%20arbitrary%20file%20deletion%20in%20dfscleanup.md

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(low)
EPSS
4.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 29, 2026

Last Modified

May 29, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-38739(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
composerezsystems/ezpublish-legacy—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy2019.03——

Weakness Classification(1)

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-38739?
CVE-2026-38739 is a high vulnerability published on May 29, 2026. ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy has a SQL injection in dfscleanup NB: All tags and branches in this repository are past their end of life, so the vulnerability will not be fixed. The advisory is posted on the request of the researcher, for the information of anyone who might still use this software.…
When was CVE-2026-38739 disclosed?
CVE-2026-38739 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-38739 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-38739 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 4.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-38739?
CVE-2026-38739 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 7.1 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-38739?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-38739, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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