CVE-2026-45376: Decidim: Admin user search allows SQL injection through similarity-based sorting

July 13, 2026

The admin organization user search uses the untrusted term value inside raw SQL ORDER BY expressions. Because the value is interpolated before Rails sanitization is applied, a crafted search string is executed by PostgreSQL as part of the sort expression.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-jvqq-cvh4-xm37
github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/16668
github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-jvqq-cvh4-xm37
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45376

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