ALPINE-CVE-2026-15742

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-15742
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-15742.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-15742
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-15742
Published
2026-08-13T13:17:46.103Z
Modified
2026-08-15T13:30:02.734937029Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Integer wraparound in PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch allows a user to direct writes to a huge range of addresses, executing arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via extreme inputs to SQL function levenshtein() or levenshteinlessequal(). Versions before PostgreSQL 18.5, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.21
postgresql16

Package

Name
postgresql16
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/postgresql16?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
16.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-15742.json"
postgresql17

Package

Name
postgresql17
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/postgresql17?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
17.11-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-15742.json"
Alpine:v3.22
postgresql16

Package

Name
postgresql16
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/postgresql16?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
16.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-15742.json"
postgresql17

Package

Name
postgresql17
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/postgresql17?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
17.11-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-15742.json"
Alpine:v3.23
postgresql17

Package

Name
postgresql17
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/postgresql17?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
17.11-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-15742.json"
postgresql18

Package

Name
postgresql18
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/postgresql18?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-15742.json"
Alpine:v3.24
postgresql17

Package

Name
postgresql17
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/postgresql17?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
17.11-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-15742.json"
postgresql18

Package

Name
postgresql18
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/postgresql18?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-15742.json"