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archivevulnerability · 13 Aug 2026 · 13:19 UTC

PostgreSQL Fixes 12-Year-Old Logical Decoding Flaw Enabling Replication-Role Code Execution

VULNCVE-2026-6471source · PST
HIGHHigh-risk vulnerability — CVSS 7.2

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PostgreSQL has released updates to address a security flaw that allows an account with the REPLICATION attribute to run arbitrary code as the operating-system user running the database server. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-6471 (CVSS score: 7.2), has been present since logical decoding was introduced in PostgreSQL 9.4 in 2014. …

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