ALPINE-CVE-2026-16238

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-16238
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-16238.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-16238
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-16238
Published
2026-08-13T13:17:46Z
Modified
2026-08-30T08:30:04Z
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

Type confusion in PostgreSQL pg_restore_attribute_stats() allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via conflation of range and multirange values. Within major version 18, minor versions before PostgreSQL 18.6 are affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 18 are unaffected.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.21
postgresql16

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-16238.json"
postgresql17

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-16238.json"
Alpine:v3.22
postgresql16

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-16238.json"
postgresql17

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-16238.json"
Alpine:v3.23
postgresql17

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-16238.json"
postgresql18

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-16238.json"
Alpine:v3.24
postgresql17

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-16238.json"
postgresql18

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-16238.json"