CVE-2026-15742

8.8 highEPSS 0.6%

High (8.8) in postgresql postgresql. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer wraparound in PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch allows a user to direct writes to a huge range of addresses, executing arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via extreme inputs to SQL function levenshtein() or levenshtein_less_equal(). Versions before PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 48% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-190
Published: 2026-08-13
Modified: 2026-08-29
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

postgresql:postgresql

References

https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-15742/

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