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High · 8.5 CVE-2026-61818 EUVD-2026-83427

pg_partman SQL injection in undo partition time encoder

Published Sep 18, 2026 · Updated Sep 19, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pg_partman is a PostgreSQL extension that manages partitioned tables by time or ID. Prior to 5.5.0, undo_partition() reads part_config.time_encoder as unrestricted text and interpolates it without identifier quoting into a dynamically executed SELECT statement. A role with partman_user access can store SQL rather than a function name, and the SQL executes with the privileges of the caller that invokes undo_partition(). The function is not part of the default background-worker path, which limits the automatic superuser escalation described by the related create-partition vulnerability, but a privileged caller can still have its available confidentiality, integrity, and availability permissions abused. This issue is fixed in version 5.5.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
pgpartman pg_partman < 5.5.0 —

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 pg-partman 5.5.0-1 —
Debian 13 pg-partman No fix yet —
Debian 12 pg-partman No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS pg-partman No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS pg-partman No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS pg-partman No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pg-partman No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS pg-partman No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS pg-partman No fix yet —

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