Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql:16 security update
PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS). The base postgresql package contains the client programs that you'll need to access a PostgreSQL DBMS server, as well as HTML documentation for the whole system. These client programs can be located on the same machine as the PostgreSQL server, or on a remote machine that accesses a PostgreSQL server over a network connection. The PostgreSQL server can be found in the postgresql-server sub-package. Security Fix(es): * postgresql: PostgreSQL executes arbitrary code in restore operation (CVE-2025-8715) * postgresql: PostgreSQL code execution in restore operation (CVE-2025-8714) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers multiple vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL, specifically CVE-2025-4207, CVE-2025-8714, and CVE-2025-8715, which allow arbitrary code execution during restore operations. The vulnerabilities affect the postgresql16 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and its variants across multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. Red Hat has released an important security update (RHSA-2025:14826) to address these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the severity is rated as important by Red Hat Product Security. The update includes fixes for the vulnerabilities and is available for installation.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code during the restore operation of PostgreSQL databases. This could lead to unauthorized code execution on affected systems running vulnerable versions of PostgreSQL. The advisory does not report known exploits in the wild at the time of publication.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an important security update for postgresql16 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:14826 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the vulnerabilities. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified. Patch status is confirmed as available via the official Red Hat update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql:16 security update
Description
PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS). The base postgresql package contains the client programs that you'll need to access a PostgreSQL DBMS server, as well as HTML documentation for the whole system. These client programs can be located on the same machine as the PostgreSQL server, or on a remote machine that accesses a PostgreSQL server over a network connection. The PostgreSQL server can be found in the postgresql-server sub-package. Security Fix(es): * postgresql: PostgreSQL executes arbitrary code in restore operation (CVE-2025-8715) * postgresql: PostgreSQL code execution in restore operation (CVE-2025-8714) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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Technical Analysis
This advisory covers multiple vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL, specifically CVE-2025-4207, CVE-2025-8714, and CVE-2025-8715, which allow arbitrary code execution during restore operations. The vulnerabilities affect the postgresql16 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and its variants across multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. Red Hat has released an important security update (RHSA-2025:14826) to address these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the severity is rated as important by Red Hat Product Security. The update includes fixes for the vulnerabilities and is available for installation.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code during the restore operation of PostgreSQL databases. This could lead to unauthorized code execution on affected systems running vulnerable versions of PostgreSQL. The advisory does not report known exploits in the wild at the time of publication.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an important security update for postgresql16 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:14826 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the vulnerabilities. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified. Patch status is confirmed as available via the official Red Hat update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:14826
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-8714","CVE-2025-8715"]
Threat ID: 6a3da1e54853345fc182d7b8
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:17 UTC
Last enriched: 07/12/2026, 10:24:23 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:24:56 UTC
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