Koha Community Koha - Stored SQL Injection via Patron Card Layout image_name (CVE-2026-72608) | HOL Guard CVE

Medium · CVSS 6.5CVE-2026-72608

Koha Community Koha - Stored SQL Injection via Patron Card Layout image_name

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-72608 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in Koha Community Koha - Stored SQL Injection via Patron Card Layout image_name. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Koha Community/Koha (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Aug 11, 2026Updated Aug 28, 2026Source checked Sep 25, 2026First seen by HOL Aug 11, 2026Material review Aug 28, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Medium · CVSS 6.5
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 6.5. 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

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Koha Community/Koha (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
Koha Community/Kohageneric	>=0 <24.11.18 \|\| >=25.05.0 <25.05.13 \|\| >=25.11.0 <25.11.07 \|\| >=26.05.0 <26.05.02	24.11.18, 25.05.13, 25.11.07, 26.05.02

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Koha Community/Koha.
Review the reported fix. Update Koha Community/Koha to 24.11.18 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Aug 11, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Aug 28, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Aug 11, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

A stored SQL injection vulnerability in Koha through 24.11.17, 25.05.12, 25.11.06, and 26.05.01 allows authenticated staff with the tools => label_creator permission to execute arbitrary SQL via the image_name field of a patron card layout. The image_name value is stored verbatim in the layout XML and later concatenated raw into a SQL query in patroncards/create-pdf.pl when a patron card batch is printed. An attacker can read the entire Koha database including patron PII and staff bcrypt password hashes via error-based or time-based blind injection.

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.