PostgreSQL 8.1.0 through 8.1.2 allows authenticated database users to gain additional privileges via "knowledge of the backend protocol" using a crafted SET ROLE to other database users, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0678.

The Rocky Linux 8.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_1609 advisory.

    This advisory aggregates security fixes for the postgresql SRPM in CIQ LTS 8.6. It addresses 31 CVEs:
    CVE-2021-32027, CVE-2012-3489, CVE-2007-0555, CVE-2021-23214, CVE-2021-32028, and 26 more.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Rocky Linux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_0478 advisory.

    This advisory aggregates security fixes for the postgresql SRPM in CIQ LTS 9.2. It addresses 34 CVEs:
    CVE-2007-0555, CVE-2025-8714, CVE-2012-2655, CVE-2007-6067, CVE-2012-0867, and 29 more.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Rocky Linux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_1555 advisory.

    This advisory aggregates security fixes for the postgresql SRPM in CIQ LTS 9.6. It addresses 63 CVEs:
    CVE-2026-6477, CVE-2017-15097, CVE-2026-14664, CVE-2026-6473, CVE-2012-3489, and 58 more.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The PostgreSQL team reports :

Due to inadequate validity checking, a user could exploit the special case that SET ROLE normally uses to restore the previous role setting after an error. This allowed ordinary users to acquire superuser status, for example.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
364612	Rocky Linux 8.6 [CIQ] Security Update: postgresql / postgresql-contrib / postgresql-docs / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_1609)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
356309	Rocky Linux 9.2 [CIQ] Security Update: postgresql / postgresql-contrib / postgresql-contrib-debuginfo / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_0478)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
353622	Rocky Linux 9.6 [CIQ] Security Update: postgresql / postgresql-contrib / postgresql-docs / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_1555)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
21384	FreeBSD : postgresql81-server -- SET ROLE privilege escalation (0b2b4b4d-a07c-11da-be0a-000c6ec775d9)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	Local	medium

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