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CVE-2026-6478 medium CVSS 6.5

Vulnerability in postgresql (CVE-2026-6478)

Summary

Vulnerability in postgresql (CVE-2026-6478). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 14.23.0, 15.18.0, 16.14.0, 17.10.0, 18.4.0 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Covert timing channel in comparison of MD5-hashed password in PostgreSQL authentication allows an attacker to recover user credentials sufficient to authenticate. This does not affect scram-sha-256 passwords, the default in all supported releases. However, current databases may have MD5-hashed passwords originating in upgrades from PostgreSQL 13 or earlier. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 are affected.

Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-6478 has been found in postgresql.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10.
What to do: upgrade postgresql to 14.23.0, 15.18.0, 16.14.0, 17.10.0, 18.4.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "postgresql CVE-2026-6478" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-6478 (postgresql) — CWE-385 / CVSS v3 6.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 14.23.0, 15.18.0, 16.14.0, 17.10.0, 18.4.0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-385) exists in postgresql.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of postgresql.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 14.23.0, 15.18.0, 16.14.0, 17.10.0, 18.4.0.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'postgresql' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify 
    grep -r 'postgresql' . | grep -v node_modules

    リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で postgresql を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。

  2. 2
    Apply patch patch 
    Upgrade postgresql to 14.23.0, 15.18.0, 16.14.0, 17.10.0, 18.4.0

    ステージング環境で 14.23.0, 15.18.0, 16.14.0, 17.10.0, 18.4.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。

  3. 3
    Post-deployment verification verify 
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Bitnami postgresql
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"14.23.0"},{"introduced":"15.0.0"},{"fixed":"15.18.0"},{"introduced":"16.0.0"},{"fixed":"16.14.0"},{"introduced":"17.0.0"},{"fixed":"17.10.0"},{"introduced":"18.0.0"},{"fixed":"18.4.0"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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