CVE-2026-116313

high

Description

Untrusted search path in PostgreSQL vacuumdb allows a database owner to execute arbitrary SQL as the database user running vacuumdb, via shadowing operators used in the --missing-stats-only catalog query. The pg_upgrade documentation recommends an affected vacuumdb invocation. Within major version 18, minor versions before PostgreSQL 18.7 are affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 18 are unaffected.

References

https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-116313/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-12

Updated: 2026-11-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High