CVE-2026-6477
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-6477, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-05-14
Last updated on: 2026-05-18
Assigner: PostgreSQL
Description
Description
Use of inherently dangerous function PQfn(..., result_is_int=0, ...) in PostgreSQL libpq lo_export(), lo_read(), lo_lseek64(), and lo_tell64() functions allows the server superuser to overwrite a client stack buffer with an arbitrarily-large response. Like gets(), PQfn(..., result_is_int=0, ...) stores arbitrary-length, server-determined data into a buffer of unspecified size. Because both the \lo_export command in psql and pg_dump call lo_read(), the server superuser can overwrite pg_dump or psql stack memory. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 are affected.
CVSS Scores
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| postgresql | postgresql | From 16.0 (inc) to 16.14 (exc) |
| postgresql | postgresql | From 17.0 (inc) to 17.10 (exc) |
| postgresql | postgresql | From 18.0 (inc) to 18.4 (exc) |
| postgresql | postgresql | From 15.0 (inc) to 15.18 (exc) |
| postgresql | postgresql | to 14.23 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-242 | The product calls a function that can never be guaranteed to work safely. |
