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openSUSE PostgreSQL16 Important Nine Issue Security Fix 2026-2001-1

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Calendar Grey May 19, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Essential update for openSUSE addressing important security issues in postgreSQL 16. Critical fixes included.
An update that solves nine vulnerabilities, contains one feature and has one security fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for postgresql16 fixes the following issues Update to version 16.13. 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-2026-6477: 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-2026-6637: Prevent SQL injection and buffer overruns in contrib/spi (bsc#1265181).

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory important PostgreSQL path traversal OpenSUSE cve-2026-6473

References

* bsc#1263804

* bsc#1265172

* bsc#1265173

* bsc#1265174

* bsc#1265175

* bsc#1265177

* bsc#1265178

* bsc#1265179

* bsc#1265181

* bsc#1265182

* jsc#PED-14824

Cross-

* CVE-2026-6472

* CVE-2026-6473

* CVE-2026-6474

* CVE-2026-6475

* CVE-2026-6477

* CVE-2026-6478

* CVE-2026-6479

* CVE-2026-6637

* CVE-2026-6638

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-6472 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

* CVE-2026-6472 ( NVD ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

* CVE-2026-6473 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-6473 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-6474 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2026-6474 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2001-1
Release Date: 2026-05-19T08:21:21Z
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory important PostgreSQL path traversal OpenSUSE cve-2026-6473

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