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

Jan 20, 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 | ...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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