CVE-2026-48235 Open ISES CVE debrief

Who should care

Administrators and maintainers of Open ISES Tickets deployments, especially environments that use external GPS tracking integrations such as InstaMapper or Google Latitude-style services.

Technical summary

According to the advisory and NVD record, incs/remotes.inc.php uses untrusted latitude, longitude, callsign, mph, altitude, and timestamp values from external GPS tracker XML/JSON responses directly in UPDATE and INSERT statements without sanitization. That pattern creates a CWE-89 SQL injection condition. Because the input originates from a remote tracking endpoint, an attacker who can compromise or impersonate that endpoint can inject SQL that affects responder location data, track records, and assignment-related tables. The NVD vector shows the issue is network-reachable with no privileges or user interaction required.

Defensive priority

High. The issue is network-exploitable and can directly affect database integrity for responder and tracking data.

Recommended defensive actions

• Upgrade Open ISES Tickets to version 3.44.2 or later.
• Review the fixing commit and confirm the vulnerable SQL construction in incs/remotes.inc.php is removed.
• Use parameterized queries and strict input validation for all externally supplied GPS tracker fields.
• Audit integrations that ingest remote tracker responses and monitor for unexpected changes in location, track, or assignment records.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based on the NVD CVE record, the VulnCheck advisory, the fixing commit, and the v3.44.2 release tag. The source material identifies CWE-89 and describes the vulnerable code path in incs/remotes.inc.php as well as the fixed release version.

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