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High · 8.5 CVE-2026-61821 EUVD-2026-83425

pg_partman authorization bypass to move child tables between schemas during retention

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, drop_partition_id() and drop_partition_time() use part_config.retention_schema as the target for ALTER TABLE SET SCHEMA and accept any nonempty schema name. A role with partman_user access can select a target schema where the role lacks the normal CREATE privilege, and the background worker performs the relocation with pg_partman_bgw.role privileges, which default to PostgreSQL superuser, bypassing the authorization check that a normal ALTER TABLE SET SCHEMA operation would enforce. This permits unauthorized relocation of retained child tables between schemas. 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 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS pg-partman No fix yet —

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