Description
Use after free in PostgreSQL coordination of anonymous RECORD type identifiers among parallel workers allows a database user to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via causing one process to free a shared tuple descriptor while another process retains and later uses its address. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25 are affected.
Published: 2026-11-12
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Description Use after free in PostgreSQL coordination of anonymous RECORD type identifiers among parallel workers allows a database user to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via causing one process to free a shared tuple descriptor while another process retains and later uses its address. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25 are affected.
Title PostgreSQL parallel RECORD typmod use-after-free executes arbitrary code
Weaknesses CWE-416
CWE-843
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: PostgreSQL

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-12T21:50:01.552Z

Reserved: 2026-10-26T03:52:44.051Z

Link: CVE-2026-116304

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-12T15:17:38.043

Modified: 2026-11-12T22:18:25.273

Link: CVE-2026-116304

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