postgresql: PostgreSQL: Operating system account hijack via symlink following in pg_basebackup and pg_rewind

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL. This vulnerability, related to symlink following in pgbasebackup plain format and pgrewind, allows an origin superuser to overwrite local files. By exploiting this, an attacker could potentially hijack the operating system account. This attack has practical...

postgresql: PostgreSQL: Operating system account hijack via symlink following in pg_basebackup and pg_rewind

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL. This vulnerability, related to symlink following in pgbasebackup plain format and pgrewind, allows an origin superuser to overwrite local files. By exploiting this, an attacker could potentially hijack the operating system account. This attack has practical...

CVE-2026-6475

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL. This vulnerability, related to symlink following in pgbasebackup plain format and pgrewind, allows an origin superuser to overwrite local files. By exploiting this, an attacker could potentially hijack the operating system account. This attack has practical...

SUSE-SU-2026:1945-1 Security update for postgresql18

This update for postgresql18 fixes the following issues Update to version 18.4. Security issues: - CVE-2026-6472: ensure the user has CREATE privilege on the schema specified bsc1265172. - CVE-2026-6473: integer overflows in memory-allocation calculations bsc1265173. - CVE-2026-6474: Guard agains...

CVE-2026-6475

Symlink following in PostgreSQL pgbasebackup plain format and in pgrewind allows an origin superuser to overwrite local files, e.g. /var/lib/postgres/.bashrc, that hijack the operating system account. It will remain the case that starting the server after these commands implicitly trusts the orig...

EUVD-2026-30286

Symlink following in PostgreSQL pgbasebackup plain format and in pgrewind allows an origin superuser to overwrite local files, e.g. /var/lib/postgres/.bashrc, that hijack the operating system account. It will remain the case that starting the server after these commands implicitly trusts the orig...

CVE-2026-6475

Summary (CVE-2026-6475) : PostgreSQL suffers a symlink-following issue in the pg_basebackup plain format and in pg_rewind. An origin superuser can overwrite local files (for example, /var/lib/postgres/.bashrc), which could later be trusted when the server starts due to features like shared_preloa...