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High · 8.5 CVE-2026-61820 EUVD-2026-83433

pg_partman privilege escalation via SQL injection when inheriting template properties

Published Sep 18, 2026 · Updated Sep 22, 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, inherit_template_properties() manually surrounds primary-key column names from pg_attribute.attname with double quotes without escaping embedded double-quote characters. A partman_user who owns a template table can create a crafted column name that breaks out of the generated ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY identifier when the background worker applies the key to a child partition. The generated SQL then executes with pg_partman_bgw.role privileges, which default to PostgreSQL superuser, permitting database-wide compromise and operating-system command execution as the PostgreSQL service account. The crafted catalog identifier persists until removed and can trigger again during later partition creation. 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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