Threats Tagged 'cve-2026-6471'

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Multiple arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities have been identified in PostgreSQL, affecting various functions and plugins including tsvector, tsquery, logical decoding plugin, regexp, pltcl, plperl, fuzzystrmatch, cursor lifecycle, POSIX timezone abbreviation, and pg_dump transform lists. These vulnerabilities are addressed in a security update released by Red Hat for PostgreSQL 15 and related versions. The update is rated as important by Red Hat Product Security and fixes several critical issues that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.

This security update for PostgreSQL 18 addresses multiple vulnerabilities affecting various components such as psql, logical decoding, pgcrypto, regexp, and others. The issues include heap buffer overflows that can lead to arbitrary code execution, type confusion, integer wraparound causing undersize allocations, privilege enforcement failures, and SQL injection risks. The update fixes these vulnerabilities to improve the security and stability of PostgreSQL 18 and related versions.

CVE-2026-6471 is a high-severity vulnerability in PostgreSQL affecting versions prior to 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24. It involves missing authorization checks in the logical decoding feature, allowing a non-superuser with REPLICATION privilege to load arbitrary files via a logical decoding plugin. This can lead to arbitrary code execution with the operating system account privileges running the PostgreSQL server.