Vulnerability in Amazon (CVE-2026-96883)
Summary
Vulnerability in Amazon (CVE-2026-96883). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Bulletin ID: 2026-118-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 09/24/2026 12:00 PM PDT Description: pgcollection is an open source extension to PostgreSQL. We identified CVE-2026-96883, an issue in pgcollection's type coercion logic. When requesting a stored icollection value as a type incompatible with how it was actually stored causes the extension to misinterprets the datum's representation, allowing an authenticated database user to crash the PostgreSQL backend or execute arbitrary code. Impacted versions: pgcollection v2.0.0 through v2.1.1 Please refer to the article below for the most up-to-date and complete information related to this AWS Security Bulletin. View article
Source: AWS Security Bulletins NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-96883 has been found in Amazon.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Amazon CVE-2026-96883" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-96883 (Amazon) — CWE-843 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
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.
A vulnerability (CWE-843) exists in Amazon.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Amazon.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Amazon' . 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
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Amazon' . | 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
Amazonを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-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。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-96883 postgresql-9.3
References
- AWS aws.amazon.com
- web aws.amazon.com
- web github.com
- web github.com