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CVE-2026-6469: PostgreSQL ALTER TABLE ALTER TYPE resets extended statistics ownership
- Severity: low (CVSS 3.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-13 · updated 2026-08-29
- Weakness: CWE-708
Description
Incorrect ownership assignment in PostgreSQL ALTER TABLE ALTER TYPE command reassigns ownership of dependent statistics objects to the current user. This wrongly allows the table owner to run DROP STATISTICS and ALTER STATISTICS via this improper ownership. It wrongly denies those commands to the prior statistics object owner. DROP TABLE remains able to remove statistics objects, so this exploit achieves nothing in many ownership arrangements. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.
Affected products
- PostgreSQL: from 14.0 before 14.24; from 15.0 before 15.19; from 16.0 before 16.15; from 17.0 before 17.11; from 18.0 before 18.5 — fixed in 14.24, 15.19, 16.15, 17.11, 18.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: PostgreSQL 14.24, 15.19, 16.15, 17.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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