CVE-2026-2005

Published: Feb 12, 2026

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

Description

Heap buffer overflow in PostgreSQL pgcrypto allows a ciphertext provider to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.2, 17.8, 16.12, 15.16, and 14.21 are affected.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	PostgreSQL	affected `18 - < 18.2` affected `17 - < 17.8` affected `16 - < 16.12` affected `15 - < 15.16` affected `0 - < 14.21`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-2005/

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CVE-2026-2005

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References