Vanderbilt University REDCap up to 13.3.0/16.0.48/17.3.9/17.4.3 Data Import stream code injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Vanderbilt University REDCap up to 13.3.0/16.0.48/17.3.9/17.4.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Data Import. Performing a manipulation of the argument stream results in code injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-90817. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Vanderbilt University REDCap up to 13.3.0/16.0.48/17.3.9/17.4.3. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Data Import. The manipulation of the argument stream with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability was found in the survey passthrough routing and Data Import processing logic, in which a malicious user could potentially exploit it by manipulating HTTP requests to access an unintended controller route from a public survey context and by supplying a crafted file-path/stream parameter during import handling. If successfully exploited, this could allow the attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on the REDCap server. The attacker does not have to be authenticated in order to exploit this, but exploitation requires knowledge of a valid public survey hash. This vulnerability exists in REDCap 13.3.0 and higher.

The advisory is shared at securifera.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-90817 since 09/13/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/20/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• Vanderbilt University

Name

• REDCap

Version

• 13.0
• 13.1
• 13.2
• 13.3.0
• 16.0.0
• 16.0.1
• 16.0.2
• 16.0.3
• 16.0.4
• 16.0.5
• 16.0.6
• 16.0.7
• 16.0.8
• 16.0.9
• 16.0.10
• 16.0.11
• 16.0.12
• 16.0.13
• 16.0.14
• 16.0.15
• 16.0.16
• 16.0.17
• 16.0.18
• 16.0.19
• 16.0.20
• 16.0.21
• 16.0.22
• 16.0.23
• 16.0.24
• 16.0.25
• 16.0.26
• 16.0.27
• 16.0.28
• 16.0.29
• 16.0.30
• 16.0.31
• 16.0.32
• 16.0.33
• 16.0.34
• 16.0.35
• 16.0.36
• 16.0.37
• 16.0.38
• 16.0.39
• 16.0.40
• 16.0.41
• 16.0.42
• 16.0.43
• 16.0.44
• 16.0.45
• 16.0.46
• 16.0.47
• 16.0.48
• 17.3.0
• 17.3.1
• 17.3.2
• 17.3.3
• 17.3.4
• 17.3.5
• 17.3.6
• 17.3.7
• 17.3.8
• 17.3.9
• 17.4.0
• 17.4.1
• 17.4.2
• 17.4.3

License

• free

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