diff --git a/agent_api/src/main/java/dev/aikido/agent_api/vulnerabilities/sql_injection/SqlDetector.java b/agent_api/src/main/java/dev/aikido/agent_api/vulnerabilities/sql_injection/SqlDetector.java
index 288a4952..156ec272 100644
--- a/agent_api/src/main/java/dev/aikido/agent_api/vulnerabilities/sql_injection/SqlDetector.java
+++ b/agent_api/src/main/java/dev/aikido/agent_api/vulnerabilities/sql_injection/SqlDetector.java
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ public DetectorResult run(String userInput, String[] arguments) {
     }
     public static boolean detectSqlInjection(String query, String userInput, Dialect dialect) {
         String queryLower = query.toLowerCase();
-        String userInputLower = userInput.toLowerCase();
-        if (shouldReturnEarly(queryLower, userInputLower)) {
+        String userInputNormalized = userInput.toLowerCase().trim();
+        if (shouldReturnEarly(queryLower, userInputNormalized)) {
             return false;
         }
-        return RustSQLInterface.detectSqlInjection(queryLower, userInputLower, dialect);
+        return RustSQLInterface.detectSqlInjection(queryLower, userInputNormalized, dialect);
     }
     /**
      *     Input : Lowercased query and user_input.
diff --git a/agent_api/src/test/java/vulnerabilities/SqlInjectionTest.java b/agent_api/src/test/java/vulnerabilities/SqlInjectionTest.java
index f1593eba..15a4d777 100644
--- a/agent_api/src/test/java/vulnerabilities/SqlInjectionTest.java
+++ b/agent_api/src/test/java/vulnerabilities/SqlInjectionTest.java
@@ -356,6 +356,17 @@ public void testMultilineQueries() {
                 "1' OR 1=1", "all"
         );
     }
+    @Test
+    public void testTrimmedUserInputBypass() {
+        // Attacker pads payload with trailing spaces; app trims before DB execution.
+        // The trimmed payload must still be detected (AIKIDO-OR0E0082).
+        isSqlInjection(
+                "INSERT INTO pets (name, owner) VALUES ('x', 'dummy'), ('injected', 'hacker'); --', 'owner')",
+                "x', 'dummy'), ('injected', 'hacker'); --    ",
+                "all"
+        );
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testLowercasedInputSqlInjection() {
         String sql = """