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...

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...

postgresql:15 security update

An update is available for postgres-decoderbufs, module.postgres-decoderbufs, postgresql, module.pgaudit, module.pgrepack, pgaudit, pgrepack, module.postgresql. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

RHEL 10 : postgresql16 (RHSA-2026:27718)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:27718 advisory. PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system DBMS. The base postgresql package contains the client programs that...

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...

Amazon Linux 2 : postgresql, --advisory ALAS2POSTGRESQL14-2026-024 (ALASPOSTGRESQL14-2026-024)

The version of postgresql installed on the remote host is prior to 14.23-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2POSTGRESQL14-2026-024 advisory. Missing authorization in PostgreSQL CREATE TYPE allows an object creator to hijack other queries that use...

OESA-2026-2479 postgresql security update

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system DBMS. The base postgresql package contains the client programs that you'll need to access a PostgreSQL DBMS server, as well as HTML documentation for the whole system. These client programs can be located on the same machine a...

The vulnerability of the pg_basebackup and pg_rewind utilities in the PostgreSQL database management system allows a hacker to re-write any files they choose.

The vulnerability of the pgbasebackup and pgrewind utilities in the PostgreSQL database management system is related to deficiencies in the mechanism for handling symbolic references. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to rewrite any files remotely...

PostgreSQL pg_basebackup and pg_rewind can overwrite unrelated files of origin superuser choice

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FreeBSD : PostgreSQL -- Multiple vulnerabilities (7185ecc9-4fb7-11f1-bc50-6cc21735f730)

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 7185ecc9-4fb7-11f1-bc50-6cc21735f730 advisory. The PostgreSQL project reports: Missing authorization in PostgreSQL CREATE TYPE allows an obje...

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...

CVE-2026-6475 PostgreSQL pg_basebackup and pg_rewind can overwrite unrelated files of origin superuser choice

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...

Security update for postgresql95 (important)

This update for postgresql95 fixes the following issues: Upate to PostgreSQL 9.5.11: Security issues fixed: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/release-9-5-11.html CVE-2018-1053, boo1077983: Ensure that all temporary files made by pgupgrade are non-world-readable. boo1079757: Rename...