Missing authorization in PostgreSQL type conversion allows a database user to invoke a cast function despite lacking EXECUTE privilege on that function, via foreign keys, to_json(), and others. A successful attack requires the attacker to search each database for access-restricted cast functions and identify confidentiality impact specific to each function implementation found. There are few or no practical examples of an access-restricted cast function or of a cast function having confidentiality impact. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25 are affected.
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| https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-116303/ |
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Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:30:00 +0000
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| Description | Missing authorization in PostgreSQL type conversion allows a database user to invoke a cast function despite lacking EXECUTE privilege on that function, via foreign keys, to_json(), and others. A successful attack requires the attacker to search each database for access-restricted cast functions and identify confidentiality impact specific to each function implementation found. There are few or no practical examples of an access-restricted cast function or of a cast function having confidentiality impact. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25 are affected. | |
| Title | PostgreSQL foreign key and JSON conversions bypass EXECUTE privilege on cast functions | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: PostgreSQL
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-12T14:15:01.762Z
Reserved: 2026-10-26T03:52:44.051Z
Link: CVE-2026-116303
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-12T15:17:37.910
Modified: 2026-11-12T15:17:37.910
Link: CVE-2026-116303
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