Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type 'Type Confusion' via the selectivity estimator process. An attacker can access calculated data derived from arbitrary 4-byte memory locations by providing specially crafted non-ctid input...

AZL-95699 CVE-2026-14668 affecting package postgresql 16.14-1

Type confusion regarding input of PostgreSQL ctid data type selectivity estimator allows an object creator to view a calculation derived from the value of an arbitrary 4-byte span of memory, via a chosen non-ctid input. While the calculation loses precision, substantial memory value recovery...