{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-48114: Metacat has an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-48114","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-06-15T18:52:41.466Z","current_release_date":"2026-06-15T18:52:41.466Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-06-15T18:52:41.466Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Metacat is data repository software that helps researchers preserve, share, and discover data. Versions 2.0.0 and and above contain an unauthenticated SQL injection in the /harvesterRegistration endpoint. HarvesterRegistration.dbInsert() builds an INSERT against HARVEST_SITE_SCHEDULE via string concatenation, using a quoteString() helper that performs raw single-quote wrapping without escaping. Three request parameters reach the sink: unit, contactEmail, and documentListURL. The servlet does not verify a real LDAP identity. Allowing the vulnerable insert to proceed. Since the PostgreSQL backend permits stacked queries via Statement.executeUpdate(), this vulnerability allows full read/write/execute access in the Metacat database context. The vulnerability was remediated in Metacat 3.0.0.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-48114 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-48114"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48114"},{"category":"external","summary":"https://github.com/NCEAS/metacat/security/advisories/GHSA-wrc6-rc34-hrcg","url":"https://github.com/NCEAS/metacat/security/advisories/GHSA-wrc6-rc34-hrcg"},{"category":"external","summary":"https://github.com/NCEAS/metacat/commit/820d595309b399fdbdf4983bd1b1dd795773472a","url":"https://github.com/NCEAS/metacat/commit/820d595309b399fdbdf4983bd1b1dd795773472a"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"NCEAS","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"metacat","branches":[{"category":"product_version","name":">= 2.0.0, < 3.0.0","product":{"name":"NCEAS metacat >= 2.0.0, < 3.0.0","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:nceas:metacat:\\>\\=_2.0.0\\,_\\<_3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-48114","title":"Metacat has an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Metacat is data repository software that helps researchers preserve, share, and discover data. Versions 2.0.0 and and above contain an unauthenticated SQL injection in the /harvesterRegistration endpoint. HarvesterRegistration.dbInsert() builds an INSERT against HARVEST_SITE_SCHEDULE via string concatenation, using a quoteString() helper that performs raw single-quote wrapping without escaping. Three request parameters reach the sink: unit, contactEmail, and documentListURL. The servlet does not verify a real LDAP identity. Allowing the vulnerable insert to proceed. Since the PostgreSQL backend permits stacked queries via Statement.executeUpdate(), this vulnerability allows full read/write/execute access in the Metacat database context. The vulnerability was remediated in Metacat 3.0.0.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"known_affected":["CSAFPID-1"]},"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"products":["CSAFPID-1"]}],"remediations":[{"category":"none_available","details":"No fixed version is published yet. Monitor the upstream advisory.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1"]}]}]}