Severity: important 

Affected versions:

- Apache Fineract through 1.14.0
- Apache Fineract 1.15.0 unaffected

Description:

A SQL Injection vulnerability exists in Apache Fineract's Office Search API 
(GET /api/v1/offices) in versions up to and including 1.14.0. The orderBy 
request parameter is concatenated into a SQL query without sufficient 
validation, allowing an authenticated user with permission to view offices to 
inject arbitrary SQL via a crafted orderBy value. This is a bypass of the 
ColumnValidator fix introduced for CVE-2024-32838, which does not detect bare 
subqueries in the ORDER BY position. This can be leveraged to perform 
time-based blind SQL injection for data exfiltration. Because the injected 
query blocks the database connection for its full duration, concurrent 
exploitation can exhaust the application's database connection pool, resulting 
in denial of service for other users. Users are recommended to upgrade to a 
version containing the fix.

Credit:

Venkatraman Kumar (@r3dw0lfsec) at Securin (finder)
Terence Monteiro (@terencemo) (remediation developer)
Ádám Sághy (@adamsaghy) (remediation reviewer)

References:

https://github.com/apache/fineract/pull/6048
https://fineract.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57821

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