CVE-2017-9246 — New Relic .NET Agent before 6.3.123.0 adds SQL injection flaws to safe applications via vectors involving failure to escape quotes during use of the Slow Queries feature, as demonstrated by a mishandled quote in a VALUES clause of an INSERT statement, after bypassing a SET SHOWPLAN_ALL ON protection mechanism

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CRITICAL

New Relic .NET Agent before 6.3.123.0 adds SQL injection flaws to safe applications via vectors involving failure to escape quotes during use of the Slow Queries feature, as demonstrated by a mishandled quote in a VALUES clause of an INSERT statement, after bypassing a SET SHOWPLAN_ALL ON protection mechanism

Published Jun 13, 2017

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.19%

Description

New Relic .NET Agent before 6.3.123.0 adds SQL injection flaws to safe applications via vectors involving failure to escape quotes during use of the Slow Queries feature, as demonstrated by a mishandled quote in a VALUES clause of an INSERT statement, after bypassing a SET SHOWPLAN_ALL ON protection mechanism.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.19% 0.01186

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01186

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.19% (0.01186)	66.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	1.19% (0.01186)	66.45th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.21% (0.00212)	59.62th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.21% (0.00212)	59.33th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.21% (0.00212)	57.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	10.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-89

SQL Injection

References (4)

https://blog.seanmcelroy.com/2017/05/26/sql-injection-with-new-relic-patched/
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2rvx-cvfc-mcp2
Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9246
https://web.archive.org/web/20221202191459/https://blog.seanmcelroy.com/2017/05/26/sql-injection-with-new-relic-patched/

Link	Providers	Tags
https://blog.seanmcelroy.com/2017/05/26/sql-injection-with-new-relic-patched/		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2rvx-cvfc-mcp2		Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9246
https://web.archive.org/web/20221202191459/https://blog.seanmcelroy.com/2017/05/26/sql-injection-with-new-relic-patched/