CVE-2026-14666 (GCVE-0-2026-14666)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 13:00 – Updated: 2026-08-13 15:34
VLAI
Title
PostgreSQL row security caching disregards role modifications
Summary
Incomplete tracking in PostgreSQL of changes to role membership, role attributes, and database ownership allows a query to continue using cached row-level security policies after those changes require a different policy, via plan reuse. Stale policies continue until some other event invalidates the cache or connection termination ends the session. This permits a user to complete reads and modifications that were recently permitted but now forbidden. An attacker must tailor an attack to a particular application's pattern of privilege removal and role-specific row security policies. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.5, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-13 14:53 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1250 - Improper Preservation of Consistency Between Independent Representations of Shared State
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a PostgreSQL Affected: 18 , < 18.5 (rpm)
Affected: 17 , < 17.11 (rpm)
Affected: 16 , < 16.15 (rpm)
Affected: 15 , < 15.19 (rpm)
Affected: 0 , < 14.24 (rpm)
Credits
The PostgreSQL project thanks Staroverov Ilja and Shinya Kato for reporting this problem.
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