CVE-2026-6477HIGH 8.8EPSS p20.0%

CVE-2026-6477CVE-2026-6477

Description

Use of inherently dangerous function PQfn(..., result_is_int=0, ...) in PostgreSQL libpq lo_export(), lo_read(), lo_lseek64(), and lo_tell64() functions allows the server superuser to overwrite a client stack buffer with an arbitrarily-large response. Like gets(), PQfn(..., result_is_int=0, ...) stores arbitrary-length, server-determined data into a buffer of unspecified size. Because both the \lo_export command in psql and pg_dump call lo_read(), the server superuser can overwrite pg_dump or psql stack memory. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 are affected.

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.8 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.28% probability of exploitation · percentile 20.0% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-05-14
Last modified2026-05-18

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-242

References

  1. https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-6477/

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessUse of Inherently Dangerous Functioncwe-2420%live

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