CVE-2026-2006 PUBLISHED

PostgreSQL missing validation of multibyte character length executes arbitrary code

Assigner: PostgreSQL
Reserved: 05.02.2026 Published: 12.02.2026 Updated: 12.02.2026

Missing validation of multibyte character length in PostgreSQL text manipulation allows a database user to issue crafted queries that achieve a buffer overrun. That suffices to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.2, 17.8, 16.12, 15.16, and 14.21 are affected.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	n/a
Product	PostgreSQL
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 18 to 18.2 (excl.) affected from 17 to 17.8 (excl.) affected from 16 to 16.12 (excl.) affected from 15 to 15.16 (excl.) affected from 0 to 14.21 (excl.)

Credits

The PostgreSQL project thanks Paul Gerste and Moritz Sanft, as part of zeroday.cloud, for reporting this problem.

References

https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-2006/

Problem Types

Improper Validation of Array Index CWE