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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-02-16 16:03

Modified

2026-02-16 16:32

Summary

PostgreSQL pgcrypto heap buffer overflow executes arbitrary code

Details

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.

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              "introduced": "15.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "15.16.0"
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            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "introduced": "17.0.0"
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        }
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    ],
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "BIT-postgresql-2026-2005",
  "modified": "2026-02-16T16:32:40.318Z",
  "published": "2026-02-16T16:03:36.943Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "PostgreSQL pgcrypto heap buffer overflow executes arbitrary code"
}

CVE-2026-2005 (GCVE-0-2026-2005)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-12 13:00 – Updated: 2026-02-13 04:56

Title

PostgreSQL pgcrypto heap buffer overflow executes arbitrary code

Summary

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Assigner

PostgreSQL

References

URL

Tags

https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	PostgreSQL	Affected: 18 , < 18.2 (rpm) Affected: 17 , < 17.8 (rpm) Affected: 16 , < 16.12 (rpm) Affected: 15 , < 15.16 (rpm) Affected: 0 , < 14.21 (rpm)

Credits

The PostgreSQL project thanks Team Xint Code, as part of zeroday.cloud, for reporting this problem.

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2026-2005 (GCVE-0-2026-2005)

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