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RHEL 9 : postgresql:15 (RHSA-2026:69698)
high Nessus Plugin ID 348721
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for postgresql:15.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:69698 advisory.PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).
Security Fix(es):
* postgresql: PostgreSQL: Arbitrary code execution via integer wraparound in tsvector and tsquery functions (CVE-2026-14662)
* postgresql: PostgreSQL: Arbitrary code execution via logical decoding plugin (CVE-2026-6471)
* postgresql: PostgreSQL: Arbitrary code execution via type confusion with internal arguments (CVE-2026-14680)
* postgresql: PostgreSQL: Arbitrary code execution via heap buffer overflow in regexp (CVE-2026-14664)
* postgresql: pltcl: plperl: PostgreSQL: Arbitrary code execution in 32-bit pltcl and plperl (CVE-2026-14677)
* postgresql-fuzzystrmatch: PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch: Arbitrary code execution via integer wraparound (CVE-2026-15742)
* postgresql: PostgreSQL: Arbitrary code execution via type confusion in cursor lifecycle (CVE-2026-16239)
* postgresql: PostgreSQL: Arbitrary code execution via long POSIX timezone abbreviation (CVE-2026-14669)
* postgresql: PostgreSQL pg_dump: Arbitrary code execution via crafted transform lists (CVE-2026-19385)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL postgresql:15 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:69698.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69698
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515302
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515307
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515308
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515311
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515313
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515314
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515316
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515317
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 348721
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-69698.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 9/22/2026
Updated: 9/22/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.9
Percentile: 99.36
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-19385
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pg_repack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pgaudit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgres-decoderbufs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-plpython3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-private-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-private-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-test-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-upgrade-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-14662, CVE-2026-14664, CVE-2026-14669, CVE-2026-14677, CVE-2026-14680, CVE-2026-15742, CVE-2026-16239, CVE-2026-19385, CVE-2026-6471