CVE-2026-6479
Essential information
- Published
- 14/05/2026 14:16
- Modified
- 14/05/2026 16:21
- Author
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- Creator
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- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H—
CVSS metrics
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- Access complexity
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- Authentication
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- Confidentiality impact
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- Integrity impact
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- Availability impact
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- Exploitability
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- Remediation level
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- Report confidence
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- Temporal score
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- Attack vector
- NETWORK
- Attack complexity
- LOW
- Privileges required
- NONE
- User interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact
- NONE
- Integrity impact
- NONE
- Availability impact
- HIGH
- Exploit code maturity
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- Remediation level
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- Attack vector
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- Attack requirements
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Confidentiality (V)
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- Confidentiality (S)
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- Integrity (V)
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- Integrity (S)
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- Availability (V)
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- Availability (S)
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- Exploit maturity
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Description
Uncontrolled recursion in PostgreSQL SSL and GSS negotiation allows an attacker able to connect to a PostgreSQL AF_UNIX socket to achieve sustained denial of service. If SSL and GSS are both disabled, an attacker can do the same via access to a PostgreSQL TCP socket. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 are affected.
NVD status
- Status
- Undergoing Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
- Source
- f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| postgresql / postgresql | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:<14.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| postgresql / postgresql | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:<15.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| postgresql / postgresql | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:<16.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| postgresql / postgresql | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:<17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| postgresql / postgresql | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:<18.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |