# CVE-2026-105613: PostgreSQL Anonymizer: Unbounded memory allocation (DoS) in range-based dummy functions

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-112285, GHSA-4MXH-VP96-JP43
- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.3.0
- Published: 2026-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Summary

PostgreSQL Anonymizer, an extension for the PostgreSQL database system, is affected through its range-based dummy data functions, which do not limit the size of the range they generate. An attacker able to call these functions could exhaust server memory, causing a database process to be terminated and forcing a restart of the whole database cluster.

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## Affected

- DALIBO PostgreSQL Anonymizer: from 1, fixed in 3.3.0

## Description

PostgreSQL Anonymizer's range-based dummy functions dont constraint the range size. This vulnerability can be exploited to exhaust the memory of a backend and OOM-kill it (when ovecommit is on), which results in a cluster-wide crash recovery. The problem is resolved in PostgreSQL Anonymizer 3.3.0 and later versions.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://gitlab.com/dalibo/postgresql_anonymizer/-/issues/690

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