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openSUSE PostgreSQL18 Important SQL Injection Threat Advisory 2026-20901-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey June 5, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update for openSUSE solves multiple vulnerabilities affecting PostgreSQL18 with important patches and fixes.
An update that solves 11 vulnerabilities and has 12 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for postgresql18 fixes the following issues

Security issues:

- CVE-2026-6472: ensure the user has CREATE privilege on the schema specified (bsc#1265172).

- CVE-2026-6473: integer overflows in memory-allocation calculations (bsc#1265173).

- CVE-2026-6474: Guard against malicious time zone names (bsc#1265174).

- CVE-2026-6475: Prevent path traversal in pg_basebackup and pg_rewind (bsc#1265175).

- CVE-2026-6476: Properly quote subscription names in pg_createsubscriber (bsc#1265176).

- CVE-2026-6477: Mark PQfn() as unsafe, and avoid using it within libpq (bsc#1265177).

- CVE-2026-6478: Use timing-safe string comparisons in authentication code (bsc#1265178).

- CVE-2026-6479: Prevent unbounded recursion while processing startup packets (bsc#1265179).

- CVE-2026-6575: Detect faulty input when restoring attribute MCV statistics (bsc#1265180).

- CVE-2026-6637: Prevent SQL injection and buffer overruns in contrib/spi (bsc#1265181).

- CVE-2026-6638: Properly quote object names in...

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security advisory SQL Injection bug fix important OpenSUSE postgresql18

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

libecpg6-18.4-160000.1.1

libpq5-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-contrib-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-devel-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-devel-mini-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-docs-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-llvmjit-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-llvmjit-devel-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-plperl-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-plpython-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-pltcl-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-server-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-server-devel-18.4-160000.1.1

postgresql18-test-18.4-160000.1.1

References

* bsc#1263804

* bsc#1265172

* bsc#1265173

* bsc#1265174

* bsc#1265175

* bsc#1265176

* bsc#1265177

* bsc#1265178

* bsc#1265179

* bsc#1265180

* bsc#1265181

* bsc#1265182

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6472.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6473.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6474.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6475.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6476.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6477.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6478.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6479.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6575.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6637.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6638.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20901-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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