PT-2026-40917

CVE-2026-6472

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Published

2026-05-14

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Updated

2026-08-15

Description by

CVSS 3.1
8.8
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PostgreSQL versions prior to 18.4 PostgreSQL versions prior to 17.10 PostgreSQL versions prior to 16.14 PostgreSQL versions prior to 15.18 PostgreSQL versions prior to 14.23
Description Missing authorization in the CREATE TYPE command allows an object creator to hijack queries that utilize the search path to locate user-defined types, including those defined by extensions. This can lead to the victim executing arbitrary SQL functions chosen by the attacker.
Recommendations Update to version 18.4 or later. Update to version 17.10 or later. Update to version 16.14 or later. Update to version 15.18 or later. Update to version 14.23 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
ALSA-2026:26181
ALSA-2026:26203
ALSA-2026:26204
ALSA-2026:27742
ALSA-2026:27743
ALSA-2026:28037
ALSA-2026:28143
AZL-86834
BIT-POSTGRESQL-2026-6472
ECHO-07C3-3F85-B9EA
JLSEC-2026-600
OESA-2026-2381
OESA-2026-2382
OESA-2026-2413
OESA-2026-2414
OESA-2026-2462
OESA-2026-2479
OESA-2026-2538
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10806-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10807-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10808-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10809-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10828-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20970-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21102-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21103-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21104-1
RHSA-2026:21182
RHSA-2026:22878
RHSA-2026:26181
RHSA-2026:26203
RHSA-2026:26204
RHSA-2026:26524
RHSA-2026:26525
RHSA-2026:26561
RHSA-2026:27718
RHSA-2026:27742
RHSA-2026:27743
RHSA-2026:28037
RHSA-2026:28143
RHSA-2026:32983
RHSA-2026:33441
RHSA-2026:33497
SUSE-SU-2026:22077-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22149-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22177-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22183-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22184-1
USN-8294-1
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