PT-2026-71480 · Postgresql Global Development Group+2 · Postgresql+2

CVE-2026-16238

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Published

2026-08-12

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Updated

2026-09-03

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PostgreSQL versions 18.0 through 18.4
Description Type confusion in the pg restore attribute stats() function allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the operating system user running the database. This occurs due to the conflation of range and multirange values.
Recommendations Update PostgreSQL to version 18.5 or later.

Fix

DoS

Type Confusion

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-11968
BIT-POSTGRESQL-2026-16238
CVE-2026-16238
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11565-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21703-1
SUSE-SU-2026:3942-1
USN-8653-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint
Postgresql
Ubuntu