What is GHSA-6q3v-qqc9-g2rv?

GHSA-6q3v-qqc9-g2rv is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Type confusion in PostgreSQL pg_restore_attribute_stats() allows an object creator to execute...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-6q3v-qqc9-g2rv cover?

GHSA-6q3v-qqc9-g2rv covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16238. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-6q3v-qqc9-g2rv?

GHSA-6q3v-qqc9-g2rv has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-6q3v-qqc9-g2rvHighCVSS 8.8

Type confusion in PostgreSQL pg_restore_attribute_stats() allows an object creator to execute...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16238 →

📋 Description

Type confusion in PostgreSQL pg_restore_attribute_stats() allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via conflation of range and multirange values. Within major version 18, minor versions before PostgreSQL 18.5 are affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 18 are unaffected.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16238
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-16238
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q3v-qqc9-g2rv