CVE-2026-6464

PostgreSQL psql COPY FROM STDIN early failure processes data lines as psql commands

State
Published
Severity
8.1 High
Published
Aug 13, 2026
Updated
Aug 29, 2026
Reserved
Apr 17, 2026

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Description

Untrusted data inclusion in PostgreSQL psql COPY may allow a server administrator to elicit execution of data lines as psql commands, via error injection. If the "COPY FROM STDIN" or "\copy FROM STDIN" command fails before the server indicates that it awaits input rows, psql processes the in-line data rows as psql commands. "COPY FROM" with a filename is unaffected. The server administrator has no inherent control over the data rows, so a complete attack requires the attacker to separately acquire control of both the server and the data rows. Alternatively, an attacker controlling data rows alone might complete an attack through a coincidental error that they don't control. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HPostgreSQL

Weaknesses

  • CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

Affected Products

ProductVersions
PostgreSQLn/a
  • 18 to before 18.6Affected
  • 17 to before 17.11Affected
  • 16 to before 16.15Affected
  • 15 to before 15.19Affected
  • before 14.24Affected

References

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