Untrusted search path in PostgreSQL vacuumdb allows a database owner to execute arbitrary SQL as the database user running vacuumdb, via shadowing operators used in the --missing-stats-only catalog query. The pg_upgrade documentation recommends an affected vacuumdb invocation. Within major version 18, minor versions before PostgreSQL 18.7 are affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 18 are unaffected.
| Affected Version | Fixed In | Fix Published |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 18.7 | 2026-11-12 |
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| Overall Score | 7.2 |
|---|---|
| Component | client |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
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