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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2026-15742

PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch writes effectively-arbitrary addresses, via integer wraparound

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
PostgreSQL

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

n/a PostgreSQL

Default version status: unaffected

  • 18 to < 18.6affected
  • 17 to < 17.11affected
  • 16 to < 16.15affected
  • 15 to < 15.19affected
  • 0 to < 14.24affected

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