VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-15742

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.60%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-13
Last modified2026-08-29
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007: CWE-190

Primary references