CVE-2026-6471

HIGHPre-NVD 7.27.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH 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 — 4 sources updated this week
7.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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 18.5, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.

CVSS v3
7.2
EG Score
7.2(high)
EG Risk
33(Track)
EG Risk 33/100SSVC: Track

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%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
42%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 13, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
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(1)

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

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupostgresql-server-dev-18 (18.6-0ubuntu0.26.04.1) @ resolute2026-08-20ubuntu

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.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 31× in last 7d / 40× 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.

  1. 2026-08-20 23:46 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-20 23:46 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-20 23:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-20 12:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 00:34 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-20 00:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-19 12:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-19 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-18 15:12 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-18 15:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-18 02:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-17 14:38 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-17 14:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-17 03:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-16 15:25 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-16 15:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-16 03:49 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-16 03:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-15 16:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-15 04:37 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-15 04:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-14 17:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-14 05:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-14 04:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-13 16:29 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-13 16:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-13 16:01 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-13 16:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-13 13:35 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-13 13:17 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-13 13:16 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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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 in the National Vulnerability Database on August 13, 2026, with the most recent update on August 19, 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 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 58.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-6471?
CVE-2026-6471 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-6471?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-6471, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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