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Echo: pg-partman: security update to 5.5.0-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457636

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - pg_partman is a PostgreSQL extension that manages partitioned tables by time or ID. Prior to 5.5.0, when
 pg_jobmon is installed and part_config.jobmon is true, exception handlers in multiple pg_partman functions
 place p_parent_table verbatim inside a SQL string literal used to call pg_jobmon.add_job(). A partman_user
 can create a parent-table name containing a single quote that terminates the literal and injects SQL when
 an affected exception path runs. If pg_partman_bgw reaches that path, the injected SQL executes with
 pg_partman_bgw.role privileges, which default to PostgreSQL superuser, permitting database-wide compromise
 and operating-system command execution as the PostgreSQL service account. The persistent part_config row
 can trigger the escalation again on later maintenance ticks. This issue is fixed in version 5.5.0.
 (CVE-2026-61819)

Solution

Update the pg-partman library and its related packages to version 5.5.0-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-61819

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457636

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.17

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-61819

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-61819