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CVE

CVE-2026-55769

CloudNativePG: Overriding operators can lead to privilege escalation in CloudNativePG for SQL queries without a fixed `search_path`
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CVE

CVE-2026-55769

CloudNativePG: Overriding operators can lead to privilege escalation in CloudNativePG for SQL queries without a fixed `search_path`

CloudNativePG is a platform designed to manage PostgreSQL databases within Kubernetes environments. Prior to 1.28.4 and 1.29.2, CloudNativePG opened superuser connections without pinning searchpath in fillDefaultParameters in pkg/management/postgres/pool/profiles.go. A role holding DATABASE OWNER could create overloaded built-in operators in the public schema and change the database or role searchpath, causing instance-manager introspection queries such as SELECT COUNT(*) > 0 FROM pgcatalog.pgextension WHERE extname = $1 to execute attacker-controlled functions as the postgres superuser. The same trust issue affected direct sql.Open("pgx", ...) callsites and the public.user_search SECURITY DEFINER function, enabling PostgreSQL superuser access, operating system command execution through COPY ... FROM PROGRAM, and access to the pod ServiceAccount token. This issue is fixed in versions 1.28.4, 1.29.2, and 1.30.0.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
9.4
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4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
C
H
U
0
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C
H
U
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References

https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/releases/tag/v1.28.4, https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/releases/tag/v1.29.2, https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/releases/tag/v1.30.0, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/55xxx/CVE-2026-55769.json, https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/security/advisories/GHSA-x8c2-3p4r-v9r6, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55769, https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/commit/02b5c6289b7609dc87fcb1ae9c113160e3d43308, https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/commit/db38f4d80315c8f1b21bf511ef0f28871820c14d, https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/commit/e0e2d53adbd907a61f583b1431904b5969f3fd22, https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/pull/10774

Severity

0

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Base CVSS
0
EPSS Probability
0.00771%
EPSS Percentile
0.53865%
Introduced Version
23eae00cd7aad82978397798dd27b600eb25ae3d
Fix Available
4b5e244a7d031f67e025c83c1555e7726ecbbfa1

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