CVE-2026-14666

Public on 2026-08-13
Modified on 2026-08-14
Description
Incomplete tracking in PostgreSQL of changes to role membership, role attributes, and database ownership allows a query to continue using cached row-level security policies after those changes require a different policy, via plan reuse. Stale policies continue until some other event invalidates the cache or connection termination ends the session. This permits a user to complete reads and modifications that were recently permitted but now forbidden. An attacker must tailor an attack to a particular application's pattern of privilege removal and role-specific row security policies. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.5, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra libpq Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 libpq Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra postgresql Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core postgresql Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql10 Extra postgresql No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql11 Extra postgresql No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql12 Extra postgresql No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql13 Extra postgresql No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql9.6 Extra postgresql No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql15 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql16 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql17 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 postgresql18 Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N