Is CVE-2025-71316 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-71316 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2025-71316?

High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 4 June 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

SQLite Sqldiff.Exe Fixed on or around 2025-12-26.

Is there a fix for CVE-2025-71316?

A patch was published on 2025-12-26: Fixed on or around this date. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

How is CVE-2025-71316 attacked?

It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.

Am I affected by CVE-2025-71316?

Check whether you run SQLite Sqldiff.Exe at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2025-71316: SQLite sqldiff.exe arbitrary DLL loading via Unicode conversion error

CVE-2025-71316 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.8 · Published 2026-06-04

A vulnerability in the SQLite 'sqldiff' utility on Windows allows an attacker to trick the program into loading malicious code. By using specially crafted characters in a command, an attacker can bypass security checks because the system incorrectly translates those characters. This could allow a local user to gain unauthorized control over the system or access sensitive data.

Vendors: SQLite.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-71316 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-71316 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-71316?: High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 4 June 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: SQLite Sqldiff.Exe Fixed on or around 2025-12-26.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-71316?: A patch was published on 2025-12-26: Fixed on or around this date. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2025-71316 attacked?: It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-71316?: Check whether you run SQLite Sqldiff.Exe at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

The vulnerability is a CWE-176 (Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding) issue within the 'sqldiff.exe' tool on Windows. It stems from the use of the Microsoft Windows C runtime (specifically GetCommandLineA) which performs lossy conversion of Unicode characters to the ANSI codepage. An attacker can provide a crafted command-line string where Unicode characters (such as U+2010) are converted to ASCII characters (such as the '-' hyphen). This allows an attacker to inject the '-L' command-line option, which is used to load arbitrary DLLs, by making a file argument appear as a command option. The issue was addressed in late December 2025.

Affected products

SQLite sqldiff.exe Fixed on or around 2025-12-26

Timeline

2025-12-26: patched: Fixed on or around this date.
2026-06-04: disclosed: CVE published.

References

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