VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2026-2005
Heap buffer overflow in PostgreSQL pgcrypto allows a ciphertext provider to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.32%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap buffer overflow in PostgreSQL pgcrypto allows a ciphertext provider 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.32% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-120
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql
- Source
- f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
References
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-2005/Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19009
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19010
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3730
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3887
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3896
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4024
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4059
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4063
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4064
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4074
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4075
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4110
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4254
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4441
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4475
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4504
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4505
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4506
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4509
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4515
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4516
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4518
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4524
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4528
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4544
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4546
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4547
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4548
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4943
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.