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CVE-2026-83534 (GCVE-0-2026-83534)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-06 15:25 – Updated: 2026-09-09 04:26

Title

PostgreSQL Anonymizer: Privilege escalation to superuser via anon.anonymize_database_parallel()

Summary

PostgreSQL Anonymizer contains a vulnerability in the anon.anonymize_database_parallel() function that allows the owner of a table to run arbitrary code with superuser privilege. The issue is fixed in PostgreSQL Anonymizer 3.2.0 and later versions

Severity

6.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-08 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Assigner

PostgreSQL redhat root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://gitlab.com/dalibo/postgresql_anonymizer/-…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
DALIBO	PostgreSQL Anonymizer	Affected: 1 , < 3.2.0 (semver)	guessed

Credits

The PostgreSQL Anonymizer project thanks Alexander Kukushkin for reporting this problem.

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FKIE_CVE-2026-83534

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-06 16:16 - Updated: 2026-09-09 05:18

Severity

6.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007	https://gitlab.com/dalibo/postgresql_anonymizer/-/issues/666

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-J8QW-C658-VR9R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-06 18:34 – Updated: 2026-09-06 18:34

Details

Severity

6.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-83534 (GCVE-0-2026-83534)

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