CVE-2026-6473
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.07%PostgreSQL server undersizes allocations, via integer wraparound
Published: 5/14/2026Modified: 5/25/2026
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2026-6473DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6473
Description
Integer wraparound in multiple PostgreSQL server features allows an unprivileged database user to cause the server to undersize an allocation and write out-of-bounds. This may execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database. In applications that pass gigabyte-scale user inputs to the relevant database functions, the application input provider may achieve a segmentation fault. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 are affected.
Affected packages (9)
- Alpine/postgresql15from 0, < 15.18-r0
- Alpine/postgresql16from 0, < 16.14-r0
- Alpine/postgresql17from 0, < 17.10-r0
- Alpine/postgresql18from 0, < 18.4-r0
- Bitnami/postgresqlfrom 0, < 14.23.0, >= 15.0.0, < 15.18.0, >= 16.0.0, < 16.14.0, >= 17.0.0, < 17.10.0, >= 18.0.0, < 18.4.0
- Debian/postgresql-13from 0
- Debian/postgresql-15from 0, < 15.18-0+deb12u1
- Debian/postgresql-17from 0, < 17.10-0+deb13u1
- Debian/postgresql-18from 0, < 18.4-1
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 |