RLSA-2026:27742

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS). The base postgresql package contains the client programs that you'll need to access a PostgreSQL DBMS server, as well as HTML documentation for the whole system. These client programs can be located on the same machine as the PostgreSQL server, or on a remote machine that accesses a PostgreSQL server over a network connection. The PostgreSQL server can be found in the postgresql-server sub-package.

Security Fix(es):

• postgresql: PostgreSQL: Operating system account hijack via symlink following in pgbasebackup and pgrewind (CVE-2026-6475)

• postgresql: PostgreSQL libpq: Buffer overflow allows server superuser to overwrite client stack memory (CVE-2026-6477)

• postgresql: PostgreSQL: Credential recovery via covert timing channel in MD5 password comparison (CVE-2026-6478)

• postgresql: integer overflow can cause an undersized allocation and an out-of-bounds write (CVE-2026-6473)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.