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
0.53% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-POSTGRESQL-19427863
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-16239  (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') in the portal lifecycle when a cursor is closed and then re-declared with different types. An attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database by recreating a cursor or portal with mismatched types.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1