{"id":"CVE-2026-6472","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-6472","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:10:28.952Z","title":"Missing authorization in PostgreSQL CREATE TYPE allows an object creator to hijack other queries that use search_path to find user-defined types, including extension-defined types.","description":"Missing authorization in PostgreSQL CREATE TYPE allows an object creator to hijack other queries that use search_path to find user-defined types, including extension-defined types.  That is to say, the victim will execute arbitrary SQL functions of the attacker's choice.  Versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 are affected.","published":"2026-05-14T14:16:25.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T11:00:51.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":["postgresql/postgresql"],"epss":{"score":0.00159,"percentile":0.04979,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-6472/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6472","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."}