Use after free in the PostgreSQL dblink extension allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via type conversion code that re-enters dblink and closes a connection whose results an outer dblink call is reading. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25 are affected.
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Description Use after free in the PostgreSQL dblink extension allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via type conversion code that re-enters dblink and closes a connection whose results an outer dblink call is reading. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25 are affected.
Title PostgreSQL dblink reentrant disconnect use-after-free executes arbitrary code
Weaknesses CWE-416
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: PostgreSQL

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-12T14:15:25.141Z

Reserved: 2026-10-30T22:45:08.383Z

Link: CVE-2026-120147

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-12T15:17:43.317

Modified: 2026-11-12T15:17:43.317

Link: CVE-2026-120147

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