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Plain-English summary
A privileged Twenty workspace administrator can abuse field settings to make the CRM database execute unauthorized SQL. Successful exploitation could expose, alter, or destroy CRM data and may affect resources accessible to Twenty’s database account. Twenty versions before 2.15.0 are affected; version 2.15.0 fixes the issue.
Executive priority
Treat affected deployments as an urgent patching priority, especially where many administrators hold DATA_MODEL permission or CRM data is sensitive. Upgrade promptly, review privileged access, and investigate suspicious searchVector schema changes. Immediate incident declaration is not justified solely by this record because active exploitation is not established.
Technical view
CVE-2026-73069 is a CWE-89 SQL injection in Twenty. An administrator with DATA_MODEL permission can place an unsafe expression in the system searchVector field through the REST or GraphQL update interface. The server concatenates that input into a PostgreSQL generated-column definition, enabling arbitrary statements under the application database user. CVSS 3.1 is 9.1.
Likely exposure
Exposure requires Twenty earlier than 2.15.0 and an account holding workspace-administrator DATA_MODEL permission. Network-accessible metadata interfaces provide the vulnerable path, but the source bundle does not establish anonymous or low-privilege exploitation. Impact depends on the permissions assigned to Twenty’s PostgreSQL application user.
Exploitation context
The provided record is not marked as CISA KEV, and the supplied sources do not report active exploitation. Exploitation requires high privileges but has low complexity once those privileges are held. Risk is therefore concentrated around compromised, malicious, or excessively privileged administrator accounts.
Researcher notes
The vulnerable sink is buildSqlColumnDefinition, where settings.asExpression reaches a GENERATED ALWAYS AS expression without adequate escaping. Reported entry points are PATCH /rest/metadata/fields/:id and the updateOneField GraphQL mutation. The fixed release is 2.15.0. The bundle does not describe public exploit availability, observed attacks, or exact database privilege boundaries.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Twenty to version 2.15.0 or later.
- Restrict DATA_MODEL permission to administrators who require it.
- Review vendor guidance before applying compensating controls or backports.
- Limit the Twenty database account to necessary PostgreSQL privileges.
- Temporarily restrict metadata field updates if upgrading cannot occur promptly.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all Twenty deployments and confirm their running versions.
- Verify upgraded instances report version 2.15.0 or later.
- Review accounts and roles holding DATA_MODEL permission.
- Inspect metadata changes involving the system searchVector field or expression settings.
- Review database and application logs for unusual schema changes or SQL errors.
- Confirm the PostgreSQL application user has only required privileges.
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- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H2.36GitHub_MVulnerability scoring details
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9.1CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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- https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/security/advisories/GHSA-mm7j-q9q3-qqwjCVE reference, GitHub_M · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/pull/21947CVE reference, GitHub_M · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/commit/0b8368cd6c1a47711bf52972800f162bde0bbab9CVE reference, GitHub_M · x_refsource_MISC
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