Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) 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
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POSTGRESQL-19427837
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-16241  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (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 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) via the ECPG process. An attacker can cause the client to overwrite a large memory region with uncontrolled bytes by sending a specially crafted bytea value lacking the required prefix. This can result in a client crash or, in rare cases, impact client-specific data integrity.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1