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CVE-2026-61821: pg_partman authorization bypass to move child tables between schemas during retention

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-18 · updated 2026-09-24
• Weakness: CWE-862

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

• pgpartman pg_partman: before 5.5.0

References

• https://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/commit/ba9405542acf24dd881845b935cab8b165854361
• https://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/releases/tag/v5.5.0
• https://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/security/advisories/GHSA-pxp2-x8cf-rfhc

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