{"id":"CVE-2026-14680","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-14680","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:28:32.768Z","title":"Type confusion with PostgreSQL \"internal\" data type arguments allows any user to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via calls to functions with that argument type.","description":"Type confusion with PostgreSQL \"internal\" data type arguments allows any user to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via calls to functions with that argument type.  Type \"internal\" represents a class of mutually-incompatible data structures not intended for access from SQL.  The system intended to prevent such function calls, but this prevention had gaps.  Versions before PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.","published":"2026-08-13T13:17:45.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-29T23:17:17.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-843"],"affected":["postgresql/postgresql"],"epss":{"score":0.00423,"percentile":0.36336,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-14680/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14680","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}