CVE-2026-6467

Public on 2026-11-12
Modified on 2026-11-14
Description
Uncontrolled search path element in PostgreSQL CREATE EXTENSION allows an attacker with database-level CREATE privilege to execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser, via ALTER SCHEMA ... RENAME or CREATE EXTENSION ... SCHEMA "$user". ALTER EXTENSION was also affected. A trusted-extension script located the wrong object and executed arbitrary SQL of the attacker's choice. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25 are affected.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra libpq Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 libpq Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview libpq Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra postgresql Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core postgresql Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql15 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql16 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview postgresql16 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql17 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview postgresql17 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql18 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview postgresql18 Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H