CVE-2026-119922

high

Description

Improper access control in the Babelfish for PostgreSQL extension versions 1.2-1.5, 2.1-2.15, 3.1-3.12, 4.0-4.8, 5.1-5.4 and in Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with Babelfish may allow remote authenticated users to elevate their privileges. To remediate this issue, we recommend users upgrade to Babelfish for PostgreSQL extension versions 4.10, 5.6, 6.1 or later. Customers using Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with Babelfish should upgrade their cluster to Aurora PostgreSQL 13.9.16 (1.5.5), 13.23.3 (1.17.2), 14.6.16 (2.3.5), 14.17.8 (2.12.4), 14.18.6 (2.13.3), 14.19.5 (2.14.2), 14.20.5 (2.15.2), 14.22.3 (2.16.1), 14.23.1 (2.17.0), 15.10.8 (3.8.4), 15.12.8 (3.9.4), 15.13.6 (3.10.3), 15.14.5 (3.11.2), 15.15.5 (3.12.2), 15.17.3 (3.13.1), 15.18.1 (3.14.0), 16.8.8 (4.5.5), 16.9.6 (4.6.3), 16.10.5 (4.7.2), 16.11.5 (4.8.2), 16.13.3 (4.9.1), 16.14.1 (4.10.0), 17.4.8 (5.1.4), 17.5.6 (5.2.3), 17.6.5 (5.3.2), 17.7.5 (5.4.2), 17.9.3 (5.5.1), 17.10.1 (5.6.0), 18.3.4 (6.0.2), 18.4.1 (6.1.0) or later, and apply any pending maintenance to ensure they are on the latest patch.

References

https://github.com/babelfish-for-postgresql/babelfish_extensions/security/advisories/GHSA-fv9p-9rr9-fm35

https://github.com/babelfish-for-postgresql/babelfish-for-postgresql/releases/tag/BABEL_6_1_0__PG_18_4

https://github.com/babelfish-for-postgresql/babelfish-for-postgresql/releases/tag/BABEL_5_6_0__PG_17_10

https://github.com/babelfish-for-postgresql/babelfish-for-postgresql/releases/tag/BABEL_4_10_0__PG_16_14

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-116115

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-165-aws/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-03

Updated: 2026-11-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00549