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PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch writes effectively-arbitrary addresses, via integer wraparound

PostgreSQL · CVE-2026-15742
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What is it?

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 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.

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Exploitation

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CVSS
8.8
EPSS
0.6%
First seen
7 d ago
Status
corroborated

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