{"id":"EM-20261112-V6XV","url":"https://cyber.eventmonitor.net/incident/EM-20261112-V6XV/postgresql-vulnerability-cve-2026-6460/","type":"cve","title":"PostgreSQL Vulnerability (CVE-2026-6460)","subtitle":"CVE-2026-6460","subject":"CVE-2026-6460","status":"Developing","severity":"high","affected":[],"headline":null,"born":"2026-11-12T16:21:24.000Z","firstSignal":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.597Z","lastSignal":"2026-11-12T16:21:24.000Z","updated":"2026-11-12T16:30:51.970Z","revision":1,"life":[{"status":"Born","at":"2026-11-12T16:21:24.000Z","why":"second independent source: C160 Reddit r/netsec"},{"status":"Developing","at":"2026-11-12T16:21:24.000Z","why":"signals keep joining"}],"changeLog":[{"at":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.597Z","what":"First signal: C6 NVD CVE API 2.0"},{"at":"2026-11-12T16:21:24.000Z","what":"Born: second source, C160 Reddit r/netsec. Page EM-20261112-V6XV created."}],"stages":[{"name":"Disclosed","at":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.597Z","detail":"C6 NVD published"},{"name":"Scored","at":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.597Z","detail":"CVSS 8.8"},{"name":"Exploited","at":null,"detail":"No exploitation reported"},{"name":"Advisories","at":null,"detail":"None yet"},{"name":"Vendor Response","at":null,"detail":"None in sources yet"},{"name":"Resolved","at":null,"detail":"After 14 quiet days"}],"signals":[{"at":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.597Z","source":"C6","sourceName":"NVD CVE API 2.0","role":"Database","severity":3,"title":"CVE-2026-6460 (CVSS 8.8)","text":"Type confusion in PostgreSQL allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via ALTER ... SET DATA TYPE primarily.  Other DDL attack routes exist, such as \"ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN; ROLLBACK; ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN\".  The system had inadequate tracking of typed values, and values were not self-identifying.  Stale values could appear in data dictionary entries, PL/pgSQL variables, and many other parts of the system.  PostgreSQL Versions before PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25 are affected.","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6460"},{"at":"2026-11-12T16:21:24.000Z","source":"C160","sourceName":"Reddit r/netsec","role":"Crowd","severity":1,"title":"prepared statements prevents SQLi. But it also helped me to exploit a 22 years old PostgreSQL 0-day RCE (CVE-2026-6460)","text":"submitted by /u/wtfse to r/netsec [link] [comments]","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1xuh3jj/prepared_statements_prevents_sqli_but_it_also/"}],"crowd":[],"reference":{"nvd":{"published":"2026-11-12T15:17:51.597","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","desc":"Type confusion in PostgreSQL allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via ALTER ... SET DATA TYPE primarily.  Other DDL attack routes exist, such as \"ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN; ROLLBACK; ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN\".  The system had…","product":"","seen":1794501051970},"kev":null,"epss":null,"p0":false},"mergedInto":null,"publisher":"Event Monitor Cyber"}