Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Affecting cloudnative-pg package, versions <1.29.1-r0
Threat Intelligence
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- published16 May 2026
- disclosed28 May 2026
Introduced: 16 May 2026
NewCVE-2026-44477 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Wolfi cloudnative-pg to version 1.29.1-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cloudnative-pg package and not the cloudnative-pg package as distributed by Wolfi.
See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.
CloudNativePG is a platform designed to manage PostgreSQL databases within Kubernetes environments. Prior to 1.29.1 and 1.28.3, the CloudNativePG metrics exporter opens its PostgreSQL connection as the postgres superuser via the pod-local Unix socket, then demotes the session with SET ROLE pg_monitor. SET ROLE changes only current_user; session_user remains postgres. Any SQL expression evaluated inside the scrape session can invoke RESET ROLE to recover real superuser privileges, then use COPY ... TO PROGRAM to spawn an OS-level subprocess as the postgres user inside the primary pod. The READ ONLY transaction flag does not block this; it gates writes to database state, not external processes. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.29.1 and 1.28.3.