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ALPINE-CVE-2026-18408

Untrusted data inclusion in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a malicious superuser of the origin server to inject arbitrary code for restore-time executio...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Untrusted data inclusion in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a malicious superuser of the origin server to inject arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore the dump, via psql \restrict meta-command input expansion. The fix for CVE-2025-8714 introduced \restrict and \unrestrict to block this attack, but \unrestrict itself was sufficient for an attack. pg_dumpall is also affected. pg_restore is affected when used to generate a plain-format dump. Non-core use of \restrict would be affected, but we've not identified non-core use. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.21 postgresql16
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"16.15-r0"}]}]
Alpine:v3.22 postgresql16
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"16.15-r0"}]}]
Alpine:v3.21 postgresql17
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"17.11-r0"}]}]
Alpine:v3.22 postgresql17
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"17.11-r0"}]}]
Alpine:v3.23 postgresql17
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"17.11-r0"}]}]
Alpine:v3.24 postgresql17
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"17.11-r0"}]}]
Alpine:v3.23 postgresql18
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"18.5-r0"}]}]
Alpine:v3.24 postgresql18
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"18.5-r0"}]}]

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