{"id":"EM-20261112-HCOK","url":"https://cyber.eventmonitor.net/incident/EM-20261112-HCOK/postgresql-create-extension-vulnerability-cve-2026-6467/","type":"cve","title":"PostgreSQL CREATE EXTENSION Vulnerability (CVE-2026-6467)","subtitle":"CVE-2026-6467","subject":"CVE-2026-6467","status":"Developing","severity":"high","affected":[],"headline":null,"born":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.793Z","firstSignal":"2026-11-12T14:15:32.000Z","lastSignal":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.793Z","updated":"2026-11-13T00:40:17.050Z","revision":1,"life":[{"status":"Born","at":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.793Z","why":"second independent source: C6 NVD CVE API 2.0"},{"status":"Developing","at":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.793Z","why":"signals keep joining"}],"changeLog":[{"at":"2026-11-12T14:15:32.000Z","what":"First signal: C41 Red Hat Security Data"},{"at":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.793Z","what":"Born: second source, C6 NVD CVE API 2.0. Page EM-20261112-HCOK created."}],"stages":[{"name":"Disclosed","at":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.793Z","detail":"C6 NVD published"},{"name":"Scored","at":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.793Z","detail":"CVSS 7.2"},{"name":"Exploited","at":null,"detail":"No exploitation reported"},{"name":"Advisories","at":null,"detail":"None yet"},{"name":"Vendor Response","at":"2026-11-12T14:15:32.000Z","detail":"C41 published"},{"name":"Resolved","at":null,"detail":"After 14 quiet days"}],"signals":[{"at":"2026-11-12T14:15:32.000Z","source":"C41","sourceName":"Red Hat Security Data","role":"Vendor","severity":3,"title":"Red Hat: CVE-2026-6467 (important)","text":"postgresql: postgresql: Privilege escalation via uncontrolled search path in extension management","url":"https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-6467.json"},{"at":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.793Z","source":"C6","sourceName":"NVD CVE API 2.0","role":"Database","severity":3,"title":"CVE-2026-6467 (CVSS 7.2)","text":"Uncontrolled search path element in PostgreSQL CREATE EXTENSION allows an attacker with database-level CREATE privilege to execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser, via ALTER SCHEMA ... RENAME or CREATE EXTENSION ... SCHEMA \"$user\".  ALTER EXTENSION was also affected.  A trusted-extension script located the wrong object and executed arbitrary SQL of the attacker's choice.  Versions before PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25 are affected.","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6467"}],"crowd":[],"reference":{"nvd":{"published":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.793","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","desc":"Uncontrolled search path element in PostgreSQL CREATE EXTENSION allows an attacker with database-level CREATE privilege to execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser, via ALTER SCHEMA ... RENAME or CREATE EXTENSION ... SCHEMA \"$user\".  ALTER EXTENSION was also affected.  A trusted-extension…","product":"","seen":1794530417050},"kev":null,"epss":null,"p0":false},"mergedInto":null,"publisher":"Event Monitor Cyber"}