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## WAF Release - 2026-01-12

Jan 12, 2026 

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This week's release focuses on improvements to existing detections to enhance coverage.

**Key Findings**

* Existing rule enhancements have been deployed to improve detection resilience against SQL Injection.

| Ruleset                    | Rule ID     | Legacy Rule ID | Description                        | Previous Action | New Action | Comments                                                                                     |
| -------------------------- | ----------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------- | --------------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...48a1841a | N/A            | SQLi - AND/OR MAKE\_SET/ELT - Beta | Log             | Block      | This rule is merged into the original rule "SQLi - AND/OR MAKE\_SET/ELT" (ID: ...252d3934  ) |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...9e553ad3 | N/A            | SQLi - Benchmark Function - Beta   | Log             | Block      | This rule is merged into the original rule "SQLi - Benchmark Function" (ID: ...2ebc44ad  )   |