What is GHSA-rvq6-xp6x-5575?

GHSA-rvq6-xp6x-5575 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Integer wraparound in PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch allows a user to direct writes to a huge range of...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-rvq6-xp6x-5575 cover?

GHSA-rvq6-xp6x-5575 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-15742. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-rvq6-xp6x-5575?

GHSA-rvq6-xp6x-5575 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-rvq6-xp6x-5575HighCVSS 8.8

Integer wraparound in PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch allows a user to direct writes to a huge range of...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-15742 →

📋 Description

Integer wraparound in PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch allows a user to direct writes to a huge range of addresses, executing arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via extreme inputs to SQL function levenshtein() or levenshtein_less_equal(). Versions before PostgreSQL 18.5, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15742
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-15742
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rvq6-xp6x-5575