CVE-2026-2006 (GCVE-0-2026-2006)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-12 13:00 – Updated: 2026-02-26 14:44
VLAI
Title
PostgreSQL missing validation of multibyte character length executes arbitrary code
Summary
Missing validation of multibyte character length in PostgreSQL text manipulation allows a database user to issue crafted queries that achieve a buffer overrun. That suffices to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.2, 17.8, 16.12, 15.16, and 14.21 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
CWE
  • CWE-129 - Improper Validation of Array Index
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a PostgreSQL Affected: 18 , < 18.2 (rpm)
Affected: 17 , < 17.8 (rpm)
Affected: 16 , < 16.12 (rpm)
Affected: 15 , < 15.16 (rpm)
Affected: 0 , < 14.21 (rpm)
Credits
The PostgreSQL project thanks Paul Gerste and Moritz Sanft, as part of zeroday.cloud, for reporting this problem.
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