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high 8.2

CVE-2026-6478 json

PostgreSQL discloses MD5-hashed passwords via covert timing channel

published 2026-05-14 5 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 59 d ago also BIT-postgresql-2026-6478 , EUVD-2026-30289 , JLSEC-2026-605

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Covert timing channel in comparison of MD5-hashed password in PostgreSQL authentication allows an attacker to recover user credentials sufficient to authenticate. This does not affect scram-sha-256 passwords, the default in all supported releases. However, current databases may have MD5-hashed passwords originating in upgrades from PostgreSQL 13 or earlier. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 are affected.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami postgresql 14.23.0, 15.18.0, 16.14.0, 17.10.0, 18.4.0
  • julia LibPQ_jll 16.14.0+0
  • n/a PostgreSQL 14.23, 15.18, 16.14, 17.10, 18.4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 0:16.14-1.el10_2, 0:18.4-1.el10_2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support 0:16.14-1.el10_0
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support 0:9.2.24-9.el7_9.6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:13.23-2.el8_10, 8100020260530205218.489197e6, 8100020260605152253.489197e6, 8100020260605152256.489197e6, 8100020260605152259.489197e6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 0:13.23-1.el8_4.1, 8040020260624104459.522a0ee4, 8040020260630100922.522a0ee4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On 0:13.23-1.el8_4.1, 8040020260624104459.522a0ee4, 8040020260630100922.522a0ee4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 8060020260623094704.ad008a3a, 8060020260625065744.ad008a3a
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On 8060020260623094704.ad008a3a, 8060020260625065744.ad008a3a
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service 0:13.23-1.el8_8.1, 8080020260615085052.63b34585, 8080020260626093604.63b34585, 8080020260709122729.63b34585
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:13.23-1.el8_8.1, 8080020260615085052.63b34585, 8080020260626093604.63b34585, 8080020260709122729.63b34585
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:13.23-3.el9_8, 9080020260605124405.rhel9, 9080020260605125734.rhel9, 9080020260605131007.rhel9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:13.23-1.el9_2.2, 9020020260625101129.rhel9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:13.23-1.el9_4.2, 9040020260612132455.rhel9, 9040020260616071806.rhel9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support 0:13.23-1.el9_6.2, 9060020260612084605.rhel9, 9060020260622062902.rhel9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images 17.10-0.1.hum1, 18.4-0.1.hum1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 1784795076, 1787241260
  • postgresql-15 Debian 12 15.18-0+deb12u1
  • postgresql-17 Debian 13 17.10-0+deb13u1
  • postgresql-18 Debian 14 18.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6478

  • postgresql-14 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 14.23-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • postgresql-16 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 16.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
  • postgresql-17 Ubuntu 25.10 17.10-0ubuntu0.25.10.1
  • postgresql-18 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 18.4-0ubuntu0.26.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6478

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • pgaudit RHEL 8 1.4.0-7.module+el8.10.0+22214+9beb89d6
  • pg_repack RHEL 8 1.4.6-3.module+el8.9.0+19330+c97ddbdf
  • postgresql RHEL 8 12.22-7.module+el8.10.0+24362+fcf88eed
  • postgresql-test RHEL 8 12.22-7.module+el8.10.0+24362+fcf88eed
  • postgresql-pltcl RHEL 8 12.22-7.module+el8.10.0+24362+fcf88eed
  • postgresql-plperl RHEL 8 12.22-7.module+el8.10.0+24362+fcf88eed
  • postgresql-server RHEL 8 12.22-7.module+el8.10.0+24362+fcf88eed
  • postgresql-contrib RHEL 8 12.22-7.module+el8.10.0+24362+fcf88eed

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:49521RHSA-2026:44420RHSA-2026:42555RHSA-2026:35880RHSA-2026:34363RHSA-2026:34362

  • postgresql16 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 16.14-160000.1.1
  • postgresql15 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 15.18-160000.1.1
  • postgresql14 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 14.23-160000.1.1
  • postgresql17 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 17.10-160000.1.1
  • postgresql18 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 18.4-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:22184-1SUSE-SU-2026:22183-1SUSE-SU-2026:22177-1SUSE-SU-2026:22149-1SUSE-SU-2026:22077-1

  • postgresql16 openSUSE Leap 16.0 16.14-160000.1.1
  • postgresql15 openSUSE Leap 16.0 15.18-160000.1.1
  • postgresql14 openSUSE Leap 16.0 14.23-160000.1.1
  • postgresql17 openSUSE Leap 16.0 17.10-160000.1.1
  • postgresql18 openSUSE Tumbleweed 18.4-1.1
  • postgresql14 openSUSE Tumbleweed 14.23-1.1
  • postgresql15 openSUSE Tumbleweed 15.18-1.1
  • postgresql16 openSUSE Tumbleweed 16.14-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21104-1openSUSE-SU-2026:21103-1openSUSE-SU-2026:21102-1openSUSE-SU-2026:20970-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10828-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10806-1

  • pgaudit AlmaLinux 8 1.4.0-7.module_el8.9.0+3740+0e74851f.alma.1
  • pgaudit AlmaLinux 8 1.4.0-7.module_el8.10.0+3889+48cb11fb.alma.1
  • pg_repack AlmaLinux 8 1.4.6-3.module_el8.9.0+3704+f1f917ce
  • postgres-decoderbufs AlmaLinux 8 0.10.0-2.module_el8.9.0+3704+f1f917ce
  • pgaudit AlmaLinux 8 16.0-1.module_el8.10.0+3798+606ebb9f
  • pg_repack AlmaLinux 8 1.5.1-1.module_el8.10.0+4199+bf03c564
  • pg_repack AlmaLinux 8 1.5.1-1.module_el8.10.0+3930+ecf33554
  • pg_repack AlmaLinux 8 1.5.1-1.module_el8.10.0+4125+ceaf7d1b

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:28999ALSA-2026:28143ALSA-2026:28208ALSA-2026:27738ALSA-2026:27741ALSA-2026:27742

  • postgresql Rocky Linux 9 13.23-3.el9_8
  • pgaudit Rocky Linux 8 1.4.0-7.module+el8.9.0+1735+a332307b
  • pg_repack Rocky Linux 8 1.4.6-3.module+el8.9.0+1594+4a6adae9
  • pg_repack Rocky Linux 8 1.4.6-3.module+el8.10.0+40055+b85d5ce2
  • pg_repack Rocky Linux 8 1.4.6-3.module+el8.9.0+1603+444d1b54
  • pg_repack Rocky Linux 8 1.4.6-3.module+el8.10.0+1862+29bef648
  • postgres-decoderbufs Rocky Linux 8 0.10.0-2.module+el8.9.0+1603+444d1b54
  • postgres-decoderbufs Rocky Linux 8 0.10.0-2.module+el8.10.0+1862+29bef648

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:27741RLSA-2026:28999RLSA-2026:27742RLSA-2026:27743RLSA-2026:27738RLSA-2026:28208

  • postgresql15 Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21, Alpine 3.20 15.18-r0
  • postgresql16 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 16.14-r0
  • postgresql17 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 17.10-r0
  • postgresql18 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 18.4-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-6478

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • postgresql Azure Linux 3.0 16.14-1

azure linux advisories AZL-86819

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-6478 updated cvss 8.2

postgresql: PostgreSQL: Credential recovery via covert timing channel in MD5 password comparison

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 postgresql, postgresql-libs, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, postgresql-plperl, postgresql-server, +2 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Self-service automation portal 2 ansible-automation-platform/bootc-automation-portal-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6) postgresql-test 13.23-1.el9_6.2, postgresql-test-rpm-macros 13.23-1.el9_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:29212
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libpq 13.23-2.el8_10, pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.9.0+20664+9c30cf7f, pgaudit 1.7.0-1.module+el8.9.0+19797+c4ce5969, pgaudit 16.0-1.module+el8.10.0+20413+d8116364, pgaudit 1.4.0-7.module+el8.10.0+22214+9beb89d6, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.9.0+19330+c97ddbdf, +45 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:27738
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) postgresql 13.23-3.el9_8, postgresql-pltcl 13.23-3.el9_8, postgresql-plperl 13.23-3.el9_8, postgresql-server 13.23-3.el9_8, postgresql-contrib 13.23-3.el9_8, postgresql-upgrade 13.23-3.el9_8, +51 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:28037
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) postgresql 16.14-1.el10_2, postgresql18 18.4-1.el10_2, postgresql16 16.14-1.el10_2, postgresql-test 16.14-1.el10_2, postgresql-pltcl 16.14-1.el10_2, postgresql18-test 18.4-1.el10_2, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:27743
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) libpq 13.23-1.el8_4.1, pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8873+b821c30a, pgaudit 1.4.0-6.module+el8.4.0+11288+c193d6d7, postgresql 12.22-1.module+el8.4.0+24442+74e4dc28.4, postgresql 13.23-1.module+el8.4.0+24476+2b5ce087.2, postgresql-test 12.22-1.module+el8.4.0+24442+74e4dc28.4, +17 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:44420
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8873+b821c30a, pgaudit 1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11357+bcc62552, postgresql 12.22-1.module+el8.6.0+24433+21669af6.4, postgresql 13.23-1.module+el8.6.0+24447+7305b672.3, +18 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:29815
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) libpq 13.23-1.el8_8.1, pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8873+b821c30a, pgaudit 1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pgaudit 1.7.0-1.module+el8.8.0+17071+aaaceaa4, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11357+bcc62552, +32 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:35880
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) postgresql 13.23-1.el9_2.2, postgresql-pltcl 13.23-1.el9_2.2, postgresql-plperl 13.23-1.el9_2.2, postgresql-server 13.23-1.el9_2.2, postgresql-contrib 13.23-1.el9_2.2, postgresql-upgrade 13.23-1.el9_2.2, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:33497
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) postgresql 13.23-1.el9_4.2, postgresql-pltcl 13.23-1.el9_4.2, postgresql-plperl 13.23-1.el9_4.2, postgresql-server 13.23-1.el9_4.2, postgresql-contrib 13.23-1.el9_4.2, postgresql-upgrade 13.23-1.el9_4.2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:33441
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) postgresql 16.14-1.el10_0, postgresql16 16.14-1.el10_0, postgresql-test 16.14-1.el10_0, postgresql-pltcl 16.14-1.el10_0, postgresql-plperl 16.14-1.el10_0, postgresql-server 16.14-1.el10_0, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:27718
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) postgresql 13.23-1.el9_6.2, postgresql-pltcl 13.23-1.el9_6.2, postgresql-plperl 13.23-1.el9_6.2, postgresql-server 13.23-1.el9_6.2, postgresql-contrib 13.23-1.el9_6.2, postgresql-upgrade 13.23-1.el9_6.2, +29 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:32983
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) libpq 13.23-1.el8_4.1, pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8873+b821c30a, pgaudit 1.4.0-6.module+el8.4.0+11288+c193d6d7, postgresql 12.22-1.module+el8.4.0+24442+74e4dc28.4, postgresql 13.23-1.module+el8.4.0+24476+2b5ce087.2, postgresql-test 12.22-1.module+el8.4.0+24442+74e4dc28.4, +17 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:44420
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8873+b821c30a, pgaudit 1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11357+bcc62552, postgresql 12.22-1.module+el8.6.0+24433+21669af6.4, postgresql 13.23-1.module+el8.6.0+24447+7305b672.3, +18 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:29815
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) libpq 13.23-1.el8_8.1, pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8873+b821c30a, pgaudit 1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pgaudit 1.7.0-1.module+el8.8.0+17071+aaaceaa4, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11357+bcc62552, +32 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:35880
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) postgresql-test 13.23-3.el9_8, postgresql-test-rpm-macros 13.23-3.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:27741
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) postgresql-test-rpm-macros 16.14-1.el10_2, postgresql18-test-rpm-macros 18.4-1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:27743
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) postgresql-test-rpm-macros 16.14-1.el10_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:27718
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) postgresql 9.2.24-9.el7_9.6, postgresql-libs 9.2.24-9.el7_9.6, postgresql-test 9.2.24-9.el7_9.6, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.24-9.el7_9.6, postgresql-plperl 9.2.24-9.el7_9.6, postgresql-server 9.2.24-9.el7_9.6, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS) postgresql-upgrade 9.2.24-9.el7_9.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:49521
  • Red Hat Hardened Images postgresql18 18.4-0.1.hum1, postgresql17 17.10-0.1.hum1, postgresql17-test 17.10-0.1.hum1, postgresql17-pltcl 17.10-0.1.hum1, postgresql17-plperl 17.10-0.1.hum1, postgresql17-server 17.10-0.1.hum1, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:21182
  • Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 rhui5/rhua-rhel9 1784795076, rhui5/rhua-tp-rhel9 1787241260
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:44481
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 pgaudit, pg_repack, postgresql, postgresql-jdbc, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, +9 more Red Hat Hardened Images postgresql 18.4-0.1.hum1, postgresql-test 18.4-0.1.hum1, postgresql-plperl 18.4-0.1.hum1, postgresql-server 18.4-0.1.hum1, postgresql-contrib 18.4-0.1.hum1, postgresql-upgrade 18.4-0.1.hum1, +3 more Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 rhui5/cds-rhel9 1784794778, rhui5/cds-tp-rhel9 1787241206, rhui5/haproxy-rhel9 1784795112, rhui5/installer-rhel9 1784794289, rhui5/installer-tp-rhel9 1787135742, rhui5/cds-kubernetes-rhel9 1784794818, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA ADP 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
OSV 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami postgresql
<14.23.0
>=15.0.0, <15.18.0
>=16.0.0, <16.14.0
>=17.0.0, <17.10.0
>=18.0.0, <18.4.0
14.23.0
15.18.0
16.14.0
17.10.0
18.4.0
julia LibPQ_jll
<16.14.0+0
16.14.0+0

Affected products

  • n/a PostgreSQL
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
  • Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Self-service automation portal 2

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.