Querydsl vulnerable to HQL injection through orderBy

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS 4.0

8.8 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N · score source

EPSS

• CVE-2024-49203: 0.41% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 35.44 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Summary The order by method enables injecting HQL queries. This may cause blind HQL injection, which could lead to leakage of sensitive information, and potentially also Denial Of Service. This vulnerability is present since the original querydsl repository(https://github.com/querydsl/querydsl) where it was assigned preliminary CVE identifier CVE-2024-49203. Details Vulnerable code may look as follows: Where vulnerability is either caused by or the method itself, based on where the security checks are expected. PoC Full POC code is available in repository: https://github.com/CSIRTTrizna/CVE-2024-49203/ When we take a look at source code shown in Details section the functionality is as follows: 1) Create JPAQuery object instance: 2) Create OrderSpecifier object instance: Where orderBy variable is user provided input. 3) order and run the query When user goes to URL The generated query will look something like this: Environment Library versions used in proof of concept to reproduce the…

Published by the source

27 Nov 2024, 19:00 UTC

Last modified by the source

13 Oct 2025, 11:47 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 16:40 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-6q3q-6v5j-h6vg

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2024-49203

Advisory: Querydsl vulnerable to HQL injection through orderBy
IDs: CVE-2024-49203, GHSA-6q3q-6v5j-h6vg
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2024-49203 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:40 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Partial vendor fix; fixed versions by package: io.github.openfeign.querydsl:querydsl-apt 6.10.1, 5.6.1; io.github.openfeign.querydsl:querydsl-jpa 6.10.1, 5.6.1. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven com.querydsl:querydsl-jpa: affected <= 5.1.0
- Maven io.github.openfeign.querydsl:querydsl-apt: affected >= 6.0.0.M1, < 6.10.1; < 5.6.1; fixed in 5.6.1, 6.10.1
- Maven io.github.openfeign.querydsl:querydsl-jpa: affected >= 6.0.0.M1, < 6.10.1; < 5.6.1; fixed in 5.6.1, 6.10.1
- Maven com.querydsl:querydsl-apt: affected <= 5.1.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven com.querydsl:querydsl-jpa: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Maven io.github.openfeign.querydsl:querydsl-apt: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Maven io.github.openfeign.querydsl:querydsl-jpa: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Maven com.querydsl:querydsl-apt: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on com.querydsl:querydsl-jpa, io.github.openfeign.querydsl:querydsl-apt, io.github.openfeign.querydsl:querydsl-jpa, com.querydsl:querydsl-apt.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q3q-6v5j-h6vg (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-6q3q-6v5j-h6vg lists affected ranges: Maven io.github.openfeign.querydsl:querydsl-jpa >=6.0.0.M1 =0 =6.0.0.M1 =0 =0 =0 <=5.1.0)

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