BIT-postgresql-2026-15742

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Import Source

https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/postgresql/BIT-postgresql-2026-15742.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-postgresql-2026-15742

Aliases

CVE-2026-15742

Published

2026-08-19T08:52:48.525Z

Modified

2026-08-19T09:45:18.658650321Z

Summary

PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch writes effectively-arbitrary addresses, via integer wraparound

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.

Database specific

{
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "High"
}

References

Affected packages

Bitnami / postgresql

Package

Name: postgresql
Purl: pkg:bitnami/postgresql

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

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

14.24.0

Introduced

15.0.0

Fixed

15.19.0

Introduced

16.0.0

Fixed

16.15.0

Introduced

17.0.0

Fixed

17.11.0

Introduced

18.0.0

Fixed

18.5.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/postgresql/BIT-postgresql-2026-15742.json"