ALPINE-CVE-2026-120148: High severity alpine/postgresql15 vulnerability

Published Nov 12, 2026
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Updated

Type confusion in PostgreSQL extended statistics allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via a statistics expression of an anonymous RECORD type whose backend-local type identifier denotes a different row type in another session. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25 are affected.

Affected Software

12 affected componentsFixes available
alpine/postgresql15<15.20-r0
15.20-r0
alpine/postgresql15<15.20-r0
15.20-r0
alpine/postgresql16<16.16-r0
16.16-r0
alpine/postgresql16<16.16-r0
16.16-r0
alpine/postgresql16<16.16-r0
16.16-r0
alpine/postgresql16<16.16-r0
16.16-r0
alpine/postgresql17<17.12-r0
17.12-r0
alpine/postgresql17<17.12-r0
17.12-r0
alpine/postgresql17<17.12-r0
17.12-r0
alpine/postgresql17<17.12-r0
17.12-r0
alpine/postgresql18<18.7-r0
18.7-r0
alpine/postgresql18<18.7-r0
18.7-r0

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/postgresql15 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.20-r0
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/postgresql16 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 16.16-r0
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/postgresql17 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 17.12-r0
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/postgresql18 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.7-r0
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.7
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 17.12
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 16.16
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.20
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.25

Event History

Nov 12, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·03:17 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·03:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What level of access would an attacker need to exploit this issue?

The attacker must be able to create a statistics object containing a statistics expression of an anonymous RECORD type. The issue is triggered when that backend-local type identifier denotes a different row type in another session.

2

What is the security impact if exploitation succeeds?

An object creator can execute arbitrary code as the operating system user that runs the database server. This is an operating-system-level impact, not merely database-level code execution.

3

Which PostgreSQL releases contain the fix?

The issue is fixed in PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25. Earlier versions in those release branches are affected.

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