Untrusted search path in PostgreSQL vacuumdb allows a database owner to execute arbitrary SQL as the database user running vacuumdb, via shadowing operators used in the --missing-stats-only catalog query. The pg_upgrade documentation recommends an affected vacuumdb invocation. Within major version 18, minor versions before PostgreSQL 18.7 are affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 18 are unaffected.
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| https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-116313/ |
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Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:30:00 +0000
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| Description | Untrusted search path in PostgreSQL vacuumdb allows a database owner to execute arbitrary SQL as the database user running vacuumdb, via shadowing operators used in the --missing-stats-only catalog query. The pg_upgrade documentation recommends an affected vacuumdb invocation. Within major version 18, minor versions before PostgreSQL 18.7 are affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 18 are unaffected. | |
| Title | PostgreSQL "vacuumdb --missing-stats-only" lets a database owner execute code as the vacuumdb user | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-426 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: PostgreSQL
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-12T14:15:07.627Z
Reserved: 2026-10-26T03:52:44.052Z
Link: CVE-2026-116313
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