PT-2026-79767
CVE-2026-78155
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Published
2026-08-23
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Updated
2026-09-16
Description by
CVSS 3.1
9.9
CriticalMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
StackGres versions prior to 1.18.9
Description
A privilege escalation issue exists in the StackGres operator, which is used to deploy and manage PostgreSQL clusters on Kubernetes. A low-privilege tenant who owns a database can bypass isolation boundaries to gain administrator privileges. This occurs because the metrics exporter connects to PostgreSQL with superuser privileges and executes queries in tenant-controlled databases without sufficiently constraining the PostgreSQL search path. An attacker can influence object resolution, allowing a database object under their control to execute with elevated privileges, potentially leading to OS command execution inside the PostgreSQL pod, read/write access to co-located databases, and lateral movement within the cluster.
Recommendations
Update StackGres to version 1.18.9 or later.
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