CVE-2026-6477

Public on 2026-05-14
Modified on 2026-05-15
Description
Use of inherently dangerous function PQfn(..., result_is_int=0, ...) in PostgreSQL libpq lo_export(), lo_read(), lo_lseek64(), and lo_tell64() functions allows the server superuser to overwrite a client stack buffer with an arbitrarily-large response. Like gets(), PQfn(..., result_is_int=0, ...) stores arbitrary-length, server-determined data into a buffer of unspecified size. Because both the \lo_export command in psql and pg_dump call lo_read(), the server superuser can overwrite pg_dump or psql stack memory. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 are affected.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra libpq 2026-06-08 ALAS2POSTGRESQL14-2026-023 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 libpq 2026-05-15 ALAS2023-2026-1711 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core postgresql 2026-06-08 ALAS2-2026-3344 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra postgresql 2026-06-08 ALAS2POSTGRESQL14-2026-024 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql15 2026-06-08 ALAS2023-2026-1768 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql16 2026-06-08 ALAS2023-2026-1767 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql17 2026-06-08 ALAS2023-2026-1766 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql18 2026-06-08 ALAS2023-2026-1780 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H