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title: WAF Release - 2026-01-15
description: Cloudflare WAF managed rulesets 2026-01-15 release
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## WAF Release - 2026-01-15

Jan 15, 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 | ...ad7dad3e | N/A            | SQLi - String Function - Beta | Log             | Block      | This rule is merged into the original rule "SQLi - String Function" (ID: ...d32b798c  ) |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...9e553ad3 | N/A            | SQLi - Sub Query - Beta       | Log             | Block      | This rule is merged into the original rule "SQLi - Sub Query" (ID: ...743e66b1  )       |

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