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GHSA-8RQW-W7XQ-566R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-14 15:31 – Updated: 2026-05-14 15:31

Details

Integer wraparound in multiple PostgreSQL server features allows an unprivileged database user to cause the server to undersize an allocation and write out-of-bounds. This may execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database. In applications that pass gigabyte-scale user inputs to the relevant database functions, the application input provider may achieve a segmentation fault. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 are affected.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


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

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CVE-2026-6473 (GCVE-0-2026-6473)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-14 13:00 – Updated: 2026-05-15 03:56

Title

PostgreSQL server undersizes allocations, via integer wraparound

Summary

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Assigner

PostgreSQL

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	PostgreSQL	Affected: 18 , < 18.4 (rpm) Affected: 17 , < 17.10 (rpm) Affected: 16 , < 16.14 (rpm) Affected: 15 , < 15.18 (rpm) Affected: 0 , < 14.23 (rpm)

Credits

The PostgreSQL project thanks Anemone, A1ex, Xint Code, Jihe Wang, Jingzhou Fu, Pavel Kohout, Petr Simecek, www.aisle.com, Bruce Dang of Calif.io, and Sven Klemm for reporting this problem.

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GHSA-8RQW-W7XQ-566R

CVE-2026-6473 (GCVE-0-2026-6473)

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