CVE-2026-2005
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.04%PostgreSQL pgcrypto heap buffer overflow executes arbitrary code
Published: 2/12/2026Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Heap buffer overflow in PostgreSQL pgcrypto allows a ciphertext provider to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.2, 17.8, 16.12, 15.16, and 14.21 are affected.
Affected packages (9)
- Alpine/postgresql15from 0, < 15.16-r0
- Alpine/postgresql16from 0, < 16.12-r0
- Alpine/postgresql17from 0, < 17.8-r0
- Alpine/postgresql18from 0, < 18.2-r0
- Bitnami/postgresqlfrom 0, < 14.21.0, >= 15.0.0, < 15.16.0, >= 16.0.0, < 16.12.0, >= 17.0.0, < 17.8.0, >= 18.0.0, < 18.2.0
- Debian/postgresql-13from 0, < 13.23-0+deb11u2
- Debian/postgresql-15from 0, < 15.16-0+deb12u1
- Debian/postgresql-17from 0, < 17.8-0+deb13u1
- Debian/postgresql-18from 0, < 18.2-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |