CVE-2026-41889 PUBLISHED

pgx: SQL Injection via placeholder confusion with dollar quoted string literals

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 22.04.2026 Published: 08.05.2026 Updated: 08.05.2026

pgx is a PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go. Prior to version 5.9.2, SQL injection can occur when the non-default simple protocol is used, a dollar quoted string literal is used in the SQL query, that string literal contains text that would be would be interpreted as a placeholder outside of a string literal, and the value of that placeholder is controllable by the attacker. This issue has been patched in version 5.9.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 2.3

Product Status

Vendor jackc
Product pgx
Versions
  • Version < 5.9.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') CWE