# CVE-2026-120061: psqlODBC ODBC escape parser stack buffer overflow

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-115374
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 18.00.0006
- Published: 2026-11-02 · Updated: 2026-11-02

## Summary

psqlODBC, the PostgreSQL ODBC driver, is affected. An attacker who can supply SQL text containing crafted ODBC escape sequences that an application passes to the driver can corrupt memory on the stack, which could crash the application or lead to arbitrary data being written into queries.

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## Affected

- PostgreSQL psqlODBC: fixed in 18.00.0006

## Description

The psqlODBC parser for ODBC escape sequences in application SQL text writes the argument offsets of a {fn} escape into a fixed 16-entry stack array without a bound and does not initialize the array. An escape with too many arguments overflows the stack, and a reference to an unsupplied argument copies arbitrary bytes into the query. The copy of a {d}, {t}, {ts}, or {escape} body also writes one byte past a 128-byte stack buffer. An application that forwards untrusted SQL text to the driver exposes its process to memory corruption. Versions before psqlODBC 18.00.0006 are affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PostgreSQL, upgrade to a fixed version (18.00.0006) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [PostgreSQL](https://cve.now/tech/postgresql.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/postgresql-interfaces/psqlodbc/security/advisories/GHSA-hfm6-qfx8-v4xq

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