CVE-2026-41889 (GCVE-0-2026-41889)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 15:53 – Updated: 2026-05-08 19:38
VLAI
Title
pgx: SQL Injection via placeholder confusion with dollar quoted string literals
Summary
pgx is a PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go. Prior to version 5.9.2, SQL injection can occur when the non-default simple protocol is used, a dollar quoted string literal is used in the SQL query, that string literal contains text that would be would be interpreted as a placeholder outside of a string literal, and the value of that placeholder is controllable by the attacker. This issue has been patched in version 5.9.2.
Severity
2.3 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-08 19:38 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7926 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
jackc pgx Affected: < 5.9.2
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