CVE-2026-70635
TimescaleDB 2.29.1 Out-of-Bounds Read DoS via Bulk Dictionary Decompression Negative Index
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.1 High
- Published
- Aug 6, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 4, 2026
Description
TimescaleDB through 2.29.1, fixed in commit 517c13e, contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to cause query-result integrity failures or backend crashes by supplying a crafted Simple8b selector-11 value, which is stored in the signed int16 Arrow dictionary-index type and bypasses index validation checks in bulk text dictionary decompression. Attackers with direct DML access to a non-frozen physical compressed hypertable relation can trigger an out-of-bounds read before the base of the live offsets array through the VectorAgg single-text hashing strategy, resulting in incorrect aggregation output, backend SIGSEGV, or PostgreSQL crash recovery depending on build configuration.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 7.1 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
timescaledbtimescale |
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References
- Pull Requestissue-tracking
- Patch Commitpatch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/timescaledb-out-of-bounds-read-dos-via-bulk-dictionary-decompression-negative-indexthird-party-advisory
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