A flaw was found in SQLite. A use-after-free vulnerability in the expression evaluation logic, specifically within the sqlite3ReleaseTempReg and exprComputeOperands functions, allows a remote attacker to exploit the system. By supplying a malicious SQL statement, an attacker can cause a denial of service, leak sensitive information, or potentially execute arbitrary code.

Red Hat Product Security has evaluated CVE-2026-51302, which claims a Use-After-Free vulnerability in SQLite. After conducting independent analysis of the affected SQLite versions, Red Hat has determined that this vulnerability does not affect our products. SQLite upstream have confirmed this CVE as fictitious (https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/e2b966c8fc). This CVE has been marked as Rejected by the assigning CNA. Red Hat Hardened Images 2026-07-25T00:00:00Z RHSA-2026:45779 sqlite-main-3.53.4-0.1.hum1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not affected sqlite Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected sqlite Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected sqlite Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected mingw-sqlite Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected nodejs:22/nodejs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected nodejs:24/nodejs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected rust-toolset:rhel8/rust Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected sqlite Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected nodejs:22/nodejs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected nodejs:24/nodejs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected rust Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected sqlite Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 Affected rust Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Not affected rhcos https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-51302 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-51302 https://github.com/programmervuln/cveadvisory-/blob/main/CVE-2026-51302 https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/master/src/expr.c https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/e2b966c8fc