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description: Cloudflare WAF managed rulesets 2026-01-20 release
title: WAF Release - 2026-01-20
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January 20, 2026

## WAF Release - 2026-01-20

[WAF](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/)

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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 | ...68d90c8f | N/A | SQLi - Comment - Beta | Log | Block | This rule is merged into the original rule "SQLi - Comment" (ID: ...6d8d8fe4) |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...faa045cf

N/A | SQLi - Comparison - Beta | Log | Block  
 | This rule is merged into the original rule "SQLi - Comparison" (ID: ...e7907480)

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