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THREAT OPSThreat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-6471 (HIGH 7.2) — Missing authorization in PostgreSQL logical decoding allows a non-superuser holding REPLICATION privilege to dlopen any file visible to the operating system account running the server, via the choice of logical decoding plugin. This in turn runs arbitrary code as that account.

[NVD] CVE-2026-6471 (HIGH 7.2) — Missing authorization in PostgreSQL logical decoding allows a non-superuser holding REPLICATION privilege to dlopen any file visible to the operating system account running the server, via the choice of logical decoding plugin. This in turn runs arbitrary code as that account.

mednvdPublished 2026-08-13

CVE-2026-6471 CVSS: 7.2 HIGH Published: 2026-08-13T13:19:16.747

Missing authorization in PostgreSQL logical decoding allows a non-superuser holding REPLICATION privilege to dlopen any file visible to the operating system account running the server, via the choice of logical decoding plugin. This in turn runs arbitrary code as that account. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, a

Indicators of compromise

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6471