DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16238

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-16238
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16238.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16238
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-16238
Published
2026-08-13T13:17:46Z
Modified
2026-09-14T17:02:47Z
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

Debian:14 / postgresql-18

Package

Name
postgresql-18
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/postgresql-18?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.6-1

Affected versions

18~~devel.*
18~~devel.20250318+g4078da6c478-1
18~~devel.20250331-1
18~~devel.20250405-1
18~~devel.20250421-1
18~~devel.20250502-1
Other
18~beta1-1
18~beta1+20250612-1
18~beta1+20250624-1
18~beta1+20250701-1
18~beta2-1
18~beta3-1
18~rc1-1
18~rc1-2
18~rc1-3
18.*
18.0-1
18.1-1
18.1-2
18.2-1
18.3-1
18.4-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16238.json"