SQLite up to 3.53.x R-Tree extension nodeWrite use after free

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in SQLite up to 3.53.x. This vulnerability affects the function nodeWrite of the component R-Tree extension. This manipulation causes use after free. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-119378. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in SQLite up to 3.53.x and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function nodeWrite of the component R-Tree extension. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQLite before 3.54.0 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the R-Tree extension that allows attackers to make applications use freed heap memory by manipulating the %_node shadow table. Attackers can supply a database declaring %_node WITHOUT ROWID or with a RAISE(IGNORE) trigger so nodeWrite() hashes nodes as 0, crashing the process after node splits.

The advisory is shared at sqlite.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-119378 since 10/30/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 3.54.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Name

• SQLite

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14
• 3.15
• 3.16
• 3.17
• 3.18
• 3.19
• 3.20
• 3.21
• 3.22
• 3.23
• 3.24
• 3.25
• 3.26
• 3.27
• 3.28
• 3.29
• 3.30
• 3.31
• 3.32
• 3.33
• 3.34
• 3.35
• 3.36
• 3.37
• 3.38
• 3.39
• 3.40
• 3.41
• 3.42
• 3.43
• 3.44
• 3.45
• 3.46
• 3.47
• 3.48
• 3.49
• 3.50
• 3.51
• 3.52
• 3.53

License

• free

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