CVE-2026-116489
Timescale pgvectorscale before 0.9.1 contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows low-privileged database users to corrupt memory by shadowing pgvector's vector type or operators.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unscored. Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Timescale pgvectorscale before 0.9.1 contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows low-privileged database users to corrupt memory by shadowing pgvector's vector type or operators. Attackers with CREATE privilege on the vectorscale schema can pre-create shadow objects, then build and query DiskANN indexes over crafted values to cause out-of-bounds reads and writes, disclosing memory, crashing the server, or escalating privileges.
- CVSS 4.0
- 7.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- No score yet
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
References
- https://github.com/timescale/pgvectorscale
- https://github.com/timescale/pgvectorscale/blob/0.9.0/pgvectorscale/src/access_method/build.rs#L253
- https://github.com/timescale/pgvectorscale/blob/0.9.0/pgvectorscale/src/access_method/mod.rs#L208-L231
- https://github.com/timescale/pgvectorscale/blob/0.9.0/pgvectorscale/src/access_method/pg_vector.rs#L133-L151
- https://github.com/timescale/pgvectorscale/commit/1c7cb1cab919ac122f901f163a71f69a264a8f81
- https://github.com/timescale/pgvectorscale/commit/59d2f573dbd7a1446728ac547576d22f5b05cfaa
- https://github.com/timescale/pgvectorscale/commit/f42f8cf29c92111add863ccf3255b3bf23fb51cd
- https://github.com/timescale/pgvectorscale/pull/280
- https://github.com/timescale/pgvectorscale/releases/tag/0.9.1
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/timescale-pgvectorscale-before-0.9.1-type-confusion-via-unqualified-diskann-operator-classes
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.