Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting postgresql package, versions [14.0,14.24)[15.0,15.19)[16.0,16.15)[17.0,17.11)[18.0,18.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POSTGRESQL-19427824
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-14668  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade postgresql to version 14.24, 15.19, 16.15, 17.11, 18.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') via the selectivity estimator process. An attacker can access calculated data derived from arbitrary 4-byte memory locations by providing specially crafted non-ctid input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1