Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input Affecting libpq package, versions [,14.22)[15.3,15.17)[16.8,16.13)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBPQ-15285656
  • published16 Feb 2026
  • disclosed12 Feb 2026
  • creditDaniel Firer

Introduced: 12 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-2004  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libpq to version 14.22, 15.17, 16.13 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input via the intarray extension selectivity estimator function. An attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database by providing specially crafted input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1