PostgreSQL Anonymizer contains a vulnerability that allows a user to gain superuser privileges by creating a table and placing malicious code inside a column identifier. If a superuser calls the k-anonymity function, the malicious code is executed with superuser privileges. The risk is higher with PostgreSQL 14 or with instances upgraded from PostgreSQL 14 or a prior version. With PostgreSQL 15 and later, the creation permission on the public schema is revoked by default and this exploit can only be achieved by a user who was explicitly granted the CREATE TABLE privilege. The problem is resolved in PostgreSQL Anonymizer 3.1.0 and further versions
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| Description | PostgreSQL Anonymizer contains a vulnerability that allows a user to gain superuser privileges by creating a table and placing malicious code inside a column identifier. If a superuser calls the k-anonymity function, the malicious code is executed with superuser privileges. The risk is higher with PostgreSQL 14 or with instances upgraded from PostgreSQL 14 or a prior version. With PostgreSQL 15 and later, the creation permission on the public schema is revoked by default and this exploit can only be achieved by a user who was explicitly granted the CREATE TABLE privilege. The problem is resolved in PostgreSQL Anonymizer 3.1.0 and further versions | |
| Title | PostgreSQL Anonymizer: malicious column name allows SQL injection via anon.k_anonymity() function | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-89 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: PostgreSQL
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-27T13:55:10.863Z
Reserved: 2026-05-26T16:36:40.963Z
Link: CVE-2026-9617
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-05-27T14:17:40.273
Modified: 2026-05-27T14:54:20.160
Link: CVE-2026-9617
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