🛡️ CVE-2026-6638 on Debian — postgresql-17

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

SQL injection in PostgreSQL logical replication ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... REFRESH PUBLICATION allows a subscriber table creator to execute arbitrary SQL with the subscription's publication-side credentials. The attack takes effect at the next REFRESH PUBLICATION. Within major versions 16, 17, and 18, minor versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, and 16.14 are affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 16 are unaffected.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-6638 as tracked by Debian, for the package postgresql-17. The fix is available in version 17.10-0+deb13u1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6638 is classified as CWE-89: SQL Injection. Untrusted input is concatenated into an SQL statement, letting an attacker change the query and reach data the request should not return.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6638 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • postgresql-17 (fixed in 17.10-0+deb13u1)
  • postgresql-18 (fixed in 18.4-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-05-14
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
postgresql-17 — 17.10-0+deb13u1
postgresql-18 — 18.4-1

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