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CVE-2026-15742

PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch writes effectively-arbitrary addresses, via integer wraparound

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, 14.24
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Integer wraparound in PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch allows a user to direct writes to a huge range of addresses, executing arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via extreme inputs to SQL function levenshtein() or levenshtein_less_equal(). Versions before PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.

Timeline

  1. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a PostgreSQL

    From 18 · fixed in 18.6; From 17 · fixed in 17.11; From 16 · fixed in 16.15; From 15 · fixed in 15.19; fixed in 14.24

References 1

postgresql.org