Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql16-postgis security update
Affects Red Hat postgresql16-postgisSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 11:09 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 9 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for postgresql16-postgis on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the issue.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2026-73515) in PostGIS, an extension that adds geographic object support to PostgreSQL, allows memory disclosure and denial of service via a malformed FlatGeobuf buffer. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 with postgresql16-postgis. Red Hat has issued a security update to address this vulnerability.