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CVE-2026-61822 (GCVE-0-2026-61822)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-18 19:45 – Updated: 2026-09-18 19:45
VLAI
Title
pg_partman disable maintenance for all partition sets
Summary
pg_partman is a PostgreSQL extension that manages partitioned tables by time or ID. Prior to 5.5.0, run_maintenance() handles exceptions outside the loop that processes rows from part_config, so an exception for one partition set immediately terminates the loop and skips every later set. A role with partman_user access can insert or update a row that reliably fails and assign it a low maintenance_order value so it is processed before legitimate rows. Repeated maintenance ticks then abort before legitimate partition sets are maintained, causing database-wide loss of automated partition maintenance. This issue is fixed in version 5.5.0.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
pgpartman pg_partman Affected: < 5.5.0
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