Buffer Over-read Affecting postgresql package, versions [18.0.0,18.4.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (11th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POSTGRESQL-16691373
  • published14 May 2026
  • disclosed14 May 2026
  • creditJeroen Gui

Introduced: 14 May 2026

CVE-2026-6575  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade postgresql to version 18.4.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Over-read via the pg_restore_attribute_stats function. An attacker can infer memory values beyond the intended array boundary by supplying array values of unmatched length during query planning.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1