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SUSE PostgreSQL14 Important Security Fixes May 2026 2007-1 CVE-2026-6473

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Calendar Grey May 19, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical update for SUSE PostgreSQL 14 fixing eight vulnerabilities including buffer overflows and SQL injection.
An update that solves eight vulnerabilities, contains one feature and has one security fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for postgresql14 fixes the following issues Update to version 14.23. 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).

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE important path traversal postgresql14

References

* bsc#1263804

* bsc#1265172

* bsc#1265173

* bsc#1265174

* bsc#1265175

* bsc#1265177

* bsc#1265178

* bsc#1265179

* bsc#1265181

* jsc#PED-14823

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

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2007-1
Release Date: 2026-05-19T11:09:18Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE important path traversal postgresql14

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