CVE-2026-15742 Affecting libecpg6 package, versions <18.6-160000.1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-LIBECPG6-20264479
  • published29 Sept 2026
  • disclosed30 Aug 2026

Introduced: 30 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-15742  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 libecpg6 to version 18.6-160000.1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libecpg6 package and not the libecpg6 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer wraparound in PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch allows a user to direct writes to a huge range of addresses, executing arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via extreme inputs to SQL function levenshtein() or levenshtein_less_equal(). Versions before PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1