CVE-2026-6473
⚠️ highSummary
Integer wraparound in multiple PostgreSQL server features allows an unprivileged database user to cause the server to undersize an allocation and write out-of-bounds. This may execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database. In applications that pass gigabyte-scale user inputs to the relevant database functions, the application input provider may achieve a segmentation fault. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 are affected.
CVSS Score
8.8
High
EPSS Score
1.0
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-05-14
First Seen: 2026-05-17
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is High Risk - more severe than 80.8% of all 349,476 vulnerabilities in our database.
#67,059
Top 25% most severe
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 14, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Total
Complete system compromise possible
🏆 Discovered By
The PostgreSQL project thanks Anemone, A1ex, Xint Code, Jihe Wang, Jingzhou Fu, Pavel Kohout, Petr Simecek, www.aisle.com, Bruce Dang of Calif.io, and Sven Klemm for reporting this problem.
SSVC data provided by
CISA
Last Modified
2026-08-25
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)