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CVE-2026-14666

PostgreSQL row security caching disregards role modifications

Published: 8/13/2026 Last updated: 8/29/2026 Reserved: 7/3/2026

Incomplete tracking in PostgreSQL of changes to role membership, role attributes, and database ownership allows a query to continue using cached row-level security policies after those changes require a different policy, via plan reuse. Stale policies continue until some other event invalidates the cache or connection termination ends the session. This permits a user to complete reads and modifications that were recently permitted but now forbidden. An attacker must tailor an attack to a particular application's pattern of privilege removal and role-specific row security policies. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.

CNA assigner: PostgreSQL (f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 4.2 Medium CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Opam packages affected (5)

conf-mingw-w64-postgresql-i686 conf-mingw-w64-postgresql-x86_64 conf-postgresql ocsigen-start postgresql

Products affected (0)

No product listed.

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