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title: "CVE-2019-7164\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-7164

Publication date 20 February 2019

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-7164?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

SQLAlchemy through 1.2.17 and 1.3.x through 1.3.0b2 allows SQL Injection
via the order\_by parameter.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-7164?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| sqlalchemy | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Vulnerable |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-7164?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

since 1.0, sqlalchemy issues a warning when text() is omitted
this fix for this issue turns the warning into an error
since this change may break existing applications, it may not
get fixed, marking priority as low

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| sqlalchemy | * Upstream:   [30307c4](https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy/commit/30307c4616ad67c01ddae2e1e8e34fabf6028414) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-7164)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7164)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-7164)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-7164)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7164>