From 0ce9d4aeb7552e2f4151e634c1715a1c45379521 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:56:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Minor update

---
 data/txt/sha256sums.txt | 4 ++--
 lib/core/common.py      | 8 ++++++++
 lib/core/settings.py    | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 47ca2998e..e03f5f078 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ e376093d4f6e42ee38b050af329179df9c1c136b7667b2f1cb559f5d4b69ebd9  lib/controller
 1966ca704961fb987ab757f0a4afddbf841d1a880631b701487c75cef63d60c3  lib/controller/__init__.py
 2a96190ced25d8929861b13866101812fcadf5cac23dd1dd4b29b1a915918769  lib/core/agent.py
 b13462712ec5ac07541dba98631ddcda279d210b838f363d15ac97a1413b67a2  lib/core/bigarray.py
-f7ae9ac5ab4abb7e0a485a7fdebcf3588b64e8f0662e14b569015429535e3116  lib/core/common.py
+f7b898987c09816567dc3e2b227182f00499636ce7f1b4a11bd222fbf0d496bd  lib/core/common.py
 a6397b10de7ae7c56ed6b0fa3b3c58eb7a9dbede61bf93d786e73258175c981e  lib/core/compat.py
 a9997e97ebe88e0bf7efcf21e878bc5f62c72348e5aba18f64d6861390a4dcf2  lib/core/convert.py
 c03dc585f89642cfd81b087ac2723e3e1bb3bfa8c60e6f5fe58ef3b0113ebfe6  lib/core/data.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ a033f92d136c707a25927c2383125ddb004d4283db62c004dcd67c3fc242bb1c  lib/core/dump.
 48797d6c34dd9bb8a53f7f3794c85f4288d82a9a1d6be7fcf317d388cb20d4b3  lib/core/replication.py
 0b8c38a01bb01f843d94a6c5f2075ee47520d0c4aa799cecea9c3e2c5a4a23a6  lib/core/revision.py
 888daba83fd4a34e9503fe21f01fef4cc730e5cde871b1d40e15d4cbc847d56c  lib/core/session.py
-5c00a2972dd47b9ffadf18d85914ad2a26eb137303003efe9e7dbf833620654e  lib/core/settings.py
+57f206c2043ca407a84057be32d5536d5465302e3bb2f88edcc6a75bfcf57890  lib/core/settings.py
 cd5a66deee8963ba8e7e9af3dd36eb5e8127d4d68698811c29e789655f507f82  lib/core/shell.py
 bcb5d8090d5e3e0ef2a586ba09ba80eef0c6d51feb0f611ed25299fbb254f725  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 d35650179816193164a5f177102f18379dfbe6bb6d40fbb67b78d907b41c8038  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index db6e7beb1..4b8736fa8 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1477,10 +1477,18 @@ def cleanQuery(query):
     """
 
     retVal = query
+    queryLower = query.lower()
 
     for sqlStatements in SQL_STATEMENTS.values():
         for sqlStatement in sqlStatements:
             candidate = sqlStatement.replace("(", "").replace(")", "").strip()
+
+            # OPTIMIZATION: Skip expensive regex compilation/search if the keyword
+            # isn't even present in the string. This makes the function O(K) instead of O(N*K)
+            # for the expensive regex part (where K is num keywords).
+            if not candidate or candidate.lower() not in queryLower:
+                continue
+
             queryMatch = re.search(r"(?i)\b(%s)\b" % candidate, query)
 
             if queryMatch and "sys_exec" not in query:
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 641fb698a..9e147202f 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.1.68"
+VERSION = "1.10.1.69"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)