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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-120066 (CVE-2026-120066)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-11-02 19:18 – Updated: 2026-11-05 04:42 – Source website

Details

On Unix-like systems, when logging is enabled, psqlODBC creates its log files in /tmp by default, named from the program name, user name, and process ID, with the default permissions, typically world-readable, and follows symbolic links when opening them. A local user can read query text and data from another user's logs, and can place a symbolic link at the predictable path so that the driver appends log data to a file of the attacker's choosing with the victim's privileges. Versions before psqlODBC 18.00.0006 are affected.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-120066	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120066	REPORT
	https://github.com/postgresql-interfaces/psqlodbc…	REPORT

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CVE-2026-120066 (GCVE-0-2026-120066)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-02 19:09 – Updated: 2026-11-02 19:37

Title

psqlODBC log files are created with default permissions at a predictable path and follow symbolic links

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-11-02 19:37 UTC

CWE

CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

PostgreSQL CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard C 71/100 over 122 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/postgresql-interfaces/psqlodbc…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
PostgreSQL	psqlODBC	Affected: 0 , < 18.00.0006 (custom)

Date Public

2026-11-02 00:00

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