# CVE-2026-105614: PostgreSQL Anonymizer: Unbounded image-decode memory allocation (DoS) in anon.image\_blur()

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-112286, GHSA-2WGX-CXVP-MVPW
- 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 PostgreSQL databases, is affected through its image blurring function, which does not check the declared size of an input image before decoding it. An attacker can supply a small image that claims very large dimensions, causing the database backend to exhaust memory, which can crash the server and trigger a full cluster recovery.

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## Affected

- DALIBO PostgreSQL Anonymizer: from 1, fixed in 3.3.0

## Description

PostgreSQL Anonymizer's `anon.image_blur()` function doesn't check the declared dimension of the provided image, allowing an attacker to provide a small image with enormous declared dimensions. 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

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PostgreSQL, upgrade to a fixed version (3.3.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://gitlab.com/dalibo/postgresql_anonymizer/-/issues/691

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