cakephp/database 5.4.2 appears to be a healthy, mature dependency: it has over 11 years of release history, 337 releases including 23 in the last 12 months, a stable non-prerelease version, an active non-archived repository, recent commits from four contributors, and clear organization backing from CakePHP. The package is licensed under MIT, has a matching repository with tests and README documentation, and uses no install-time lifecycle scripts. The main reservations are the absence of a repository security policy and security-scanning tooling, plus no recent issue or pull-request activity; these are transparency and process gaps, but they are outweighed by the strong release and commit history.
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The artifact includes a substantial README but no packaged tests or changelog; the repository does contain tests, which compensates for the missing packaged tests, while the absent changelog is a minor transparency gap.
Composer build tooling is present, but no security-scanning tools were detected; the missing scanning process is a security-hygiene gap rather than evidence of abandonment.
The repository has no security policy, reducing the transparency of vulnerability reporting and response procedures.
| Title | Versions | Severity |
|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-79752 New cakephp/database is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') in versions 0.0.0 - 4.5.12, 4.6.0 - 4.6.5, 5.0.0 - 5.1.9, 5.2.0 - 5.2.14 and 5.3.0 - 5.3.7. | 0.0.0 - 4.5.124.6.0 - 4.6.55.0.0 - 5.1.9 +2 more | Critical |
| Dependency | Last Release | Score |
|---|---|---|
psr/log Version ^3.0 | — | — |
cakephp/core Version ^5.4.0 | — | — |
cakephp/event Version ^5.4.0 | — | — |
cakephp/chronos Version ^3.3 | — | — |
cakephp/datasource Version ^5.4.0 | — | — |
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