SQL injection in Tortoise ORM

Answer in brief

CVE-2020-11010 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability in SQL injection in Tortoise ORM. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps tortoise-orm (pypi), tortoise-orm (pypi). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Apr 20, 2020Updated Sep 10, 2026Source checked Sep 10, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 10, 2026Material review Sep 10, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Medium · CVSS 6.3
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 2 mapped packages or products
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 6.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

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Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps tortoise-orm (pypi), tortoise-orm (pypi). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
tortoise-ormpypi	>=0 <0.15.23	0.15.23
tortoise-ormpypi	>=0.16.0 <0.16.6	0.16.6

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for tortoise-orm, tortoise-orm.
Review the reported fix. Update tortoise-orm to 0.15.23; tortoise-orm to 0.16.6 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Apr 20, 2020
Evidence: source:osv:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:osv:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 10, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

### Impact Various forms of SQL injection has been found, for MySQL and when filtering or doing mass-updates on char/text fields. SQLite & PostgreSQL was only affected when filtering with ``contains``, ``starts_with`` or ``ends_with`` filters (and their case-insensitive counterparts) ### Patches Please upgrade to 0.15.23+ or 0.16.6+ ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Github](https://github.com/tortoise/tortoise-orm/issues) * Chat to us on [Gitter](https://gitter.im/tortoise/community)

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