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High · 8.1 CVE-2026-3172 EUVD-2026-8743GHSA-789c-mgqf-5hwx

pgvector buffer overflow in parallel HNSW index build

Published Feb 25, 2026 · Updated Feb 26, 2026 · Assigned by PostgreSQL

Description

Buffer overflow in parallel HNSW index build in pgvector 0.6.0 through 0.8.1 allows a database user to leak sensitive data from other relations or crash the database server.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— pgvector 0.8.0 – < 0.8.2, 0.7.0, 0.6.0 0.8.2

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 pgvector 0.8.2-1 —
Debian 13 pgvector No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 pgvector No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS pgvector No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 pgvector No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS pgvector No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 pgvector +3 0.8.2-150600.13.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1068-1
SLES 15 SP6 pgvector +3 0.8.2-150600.13.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1068-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 pgvector +6 0.8.2-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:21153-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 pgvector +3 0.8.2-150600.13.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1068-1
SLES 16.0 pgvector +6 0.8.2-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:21153-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed pgvector 0.8.2-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10409-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 pgvector +6 0.8.2-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:20489-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 pgvector +6 0.8.2-150600.13.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1068-1

Advisories 4

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