CVE-2026-16238

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 36 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.41% (36th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

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32 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Type confusion in PostgreSQL pg_restore_attribute_stats() allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via conflation of range and multirange values. Within major version 18, minor versions before PostgreSQL 18.6 are affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 18 are unaffected.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-843USCWE-843US

affected products (32)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
F5 BIG-IPall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip:-
IBM QRadar SIEMall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:qradar_siem:-
IBM VIOS 4.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:vios:4.1
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Open Source PostgreSQL< 14.24cert_bundDE
Open Source PostgreSQL< 15.19cert_bundDE
Open Source PostgreSQL< 16.15cert_bundDE
Open Source PostgreSQL< 17.11cert_bundDE
Open Source PostgreSQL< 18.6cert_bundDE
Open Source PostgreSQL< 19 Beta 3cert_bundDE
n/a PostgreSQL18 → 18.5enisa_euvdEU
PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL≤ 15.19.1fstec_bduRU
PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL≤ 16.15.1fstec_bduRU

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-2844PostgreSQL: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in PostgreSQL ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, SQL-Injection-Angriffe durchzuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten offenzulegen oder zu manipulieren oder Denial-of-Service-Zustände herbeizuführen.
BIT-postgresql-2026-16238PostgreSQL type confusion in pg_restore_attribute_stats() executes arbitrary code2026-08-19vendor · osvUS
Type confusion in PostgreSQL pg_restore_attribute_stats() allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via conflation of range and multirange values. Within major version 18, minor versions before PostgreSQL 18.6 are affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 18 are unaffected.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-08-13modified 2026-10-08

references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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