CVE-2026-6471

HIGHPre-NVD 7.27.2—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-13. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — Patch released this weekElevated
7.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 7.2Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Missing authorization in PostgreSQL logical decoding allows a non-superuser holding REPLICATION privilege to dlopen any file visible to the operating system account running the server, via the choice of logical decoding plugin. This in turn runs arbitrary code as that account. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.

CVSS v3
7.2
EG Score
7.2HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
48
EG Risk 48/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity72% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
42nd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 29, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 13, 2026
Patch available.
generic

PostgreSQL: CVE-2026-6471: PostgreSQL logical decoding can dlopen arbitrary file

https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-6471/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-6471(20)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(25)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupostgresql-server-dev-18 (18.6-0ubuntu0.26.04.1) @ resolute2026-10-04ubuntu
redhatpostgresql:12-8040020260924163759.522a0ee42026-09-30redhat
redhatansible-automation-platform/bootc-automation-portal-rhel9:17906573742026-09-29redhat
redhatpostgresql-0:13.23-1.el9_6.52026-09-28redhat
redhatpostgresql16-0:16.15-1.el10_02026-09-28redhat
redhatpostgresql-0:13.23-1.el9_4.42026-09-28redhat
redhatpostgresql:12-8080020260923144922.63b345852026-09-28redhat
redhatpostgresql-0:13.23-1.el9_2.52026-09-28redhat
redhatpostgresql:12-8060020260923144955.ad008a3a2026-09-28redhat
redhatrhui5/rhua-rhel9:17902420042026-09-24redhat
redhatpostgresql:16-9040020260922062609.rhel92026-09-23redhat
redhatpostgresql:12-8100020260917081510.489197e62026-09-23redhat
redhatpostgresql:15-9040020260917091622.rhel92026-09-23redhat
redhatpostgresql:15-9020020260917092006.rhel92026-09-23redhat
redhatpostgresql:15-8080020260921162003.63b345852026-09-23redhat
redhatpostgresql:16-9060020260921091101.rhel92026-09-23redhat
redhatpostgresql16-0:16.15-1.el10_22026-09-22redhat
redhatpostgresql-0:13.23-6.el9_82026-09-22redhat
redhatpostgresql:15-9080020260903073937.rhel92026-09-22redhat
redhatpostgresql:16-8100020260910192321.489197e62026-09-22redhat
redhatpostgresql:15-8100020260906175012.489197e62026-09-22redhat
redhatpostgresql:15-9060020260917102335.rhel92026-09-21redhat
redhatpostgresql:18-9080020260914093252.rhel92026-09-16redhat
redhatpostgresql:16-9080020260907191505.rhel92026-09-15redhat
redhatpostgresql18-0:18.6-1.el10_22026-09-14redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(11 across 7 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.21(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
postgresql16—
  • every version up to 16.15-r0: fixed in 16.15-r0
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postgresql17—
  • every version up to 17.11-r0: fixed in 17.11-r0
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Alpine:v3.22(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
postgresql16—
  • every version up to 16.15-r0: fixed in 16.15-r0
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postgresql17—
  • every version up to 17.11-r0: fixed in 17.11-r0
—
Alpine:v3.23(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
postgresql17—
  • every version up to 17.11-r0: fixed in 17.11-r0
—
postgresql18—
  • every version up to 18.5-r0: fixed in 18.5-r0
—
Alpine:v3.24(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
postgresql17—
  • every version up to 17.11-r0: fixed in 17.11-r0
—
postgresql18—
  • every version up to 18.5-r0: fixed in 18.5-r0
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
postgresql-1515.10-0+deb12u1 ... 15.9-0+deb12u1 (21 versions)
  • every version up to 15.19-0+deb12u1: fixed in 15.19-0+deb12u1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
postgresql-1717.10-0+deb13u1 ... 17.9-0+deb13u1 (7 versions)
  • every version up to 17.11-0+deb13u1: fixed in 17.11-0+deb13u1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
postgresql-1818.0-1 ... 18~~devel.20250502-1 (20 versions)
  • every version up to 18.6-1: fixed in 18.6-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(5)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 29× in last 7d / 148× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 267 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 22:24 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-04 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-04 07:29 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-04 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 19:52 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-03 19:52 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-03 19:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-10-02 19:41 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-02 19:41 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-02 19:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-10-02 17:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-10-02 08:04 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-02 08:04 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-02 08:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-10-01 09:28 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-01 09:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-30 21:50 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-30 21:50 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-30 21:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-29 04:13 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-29 04:13 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-29 04:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-28 12:38 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-28 12:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-28 01:01 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-28 01:01 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-28 01:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-27 09:48 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-27 09:48 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-27 09:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-25 03:36 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-25 03:36 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-25 03:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-24 10:03 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-24 10:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-23 22:27 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-23 22:27 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-23 22:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-23 10:51 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-23 10:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-22 22:59 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-22 22:59 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-09-22 22:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-22 11:23 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-09-22 11:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-21 23:45 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-09-21 23:45 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-09-21 23:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-09-21 12:08 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-09-21 12:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-21 00:30 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-09-21 00:30 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-09-21 00:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-09-20 12:44 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-09-20 12:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-19 23:50 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-09-19 23:50 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-09-19 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-19 12:13 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-19 12:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-19 00:33 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-09-19 00:33 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-09-19 00:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-09-18 12:52 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-18 12:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-18 00:30 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-09-18 00:30 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-18 00:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-17 12:07 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-17 12:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-17 00:22 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-09-17 00:22 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-17 00:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-09-16 12:46 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-09-16 12:46 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-09-16 12:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-09-16 01:10 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-09-16 01:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-09-15 13:23 UTCEG score recompute
  68. 2026-09-15 13:23 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-15 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-09-15 01:47 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-09-15 01:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-14 14:11 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-09-14 14:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-14 02:35 UTCEG score recompute

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoC0xBlackash/CVE-2026-6471
    First seen Sep 5, 2026

    CVE-2026-6471

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-6471?
CVE-2026-6471 is a high vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. Missing authorization in PostgreSQL logical decoding allows a non-superuser holding REPLICATION privilege to dlopen any file visible to the operating system account running the server, via the choice of logical decoding plugin. This in turn runs arbitrary code as that account. Versions before…
When was CVE-2026-6471 disclosed?
CVE-2026-6471 was first published on August 13, 2026, with the most recent update on August 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-6471 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-6471 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (42nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-6471?
CVE-2026-6471 has a CVSS base score of 7.2 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-6471?
A fix for CVE-2026-6471 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-6471 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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