CVE-2026-116313

HIGH 7.2

PostgreSQL "vacuumdb --missing-stats-only" lets a database owner execute code as the vacuumdb user

CVSS Score

7.2

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Untrusted search path in PostgreSQL vacuumdb allows a database owner to execute arbitrary SQL as the database user running vacuumdb, via shadowing operators used in the --missing-stats-only catalog query. The pg_upgrade documentation recommends an affected vacuumdb invocation. Within major version 18, minor versions before PostgreSQL 18.7 are affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 18 are unaffected.

CWE	CWE-426
Vendor	n/a
Product	postgresql
Ecosystems	Database
Industries	Technology
Published	Nov 12, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

n/a / PostgreSQL

18 < 18.7

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

postgresql.org: https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-116313/

Credits

The PostgreSQL project thanks Anthropic OSS program for reporting this problem.