CVE record · CVE-2026-6479

PostgreSQL SSL/GSS init causes denial of service, via uncontrolled recursion

CVSS 7.5 HighEPSS 0.0060 · 48th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: PostgreSQL) at 14 May 2026, 13:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Not given	PostgreSQL	affected 18 to before 18.4 rpm affected 17 to before 17.10 rpm affected 16 to before 16.14 rpm affected 15 to before 15.18 rpm affected before 14.23 rpm Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2026-6479
CNA: PostgreSQL
Weakness (CWE): CWE-674
Tags: PostgreSQL
Denial of service
Published: 14 May 2026
Updated: 14 May 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.5	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CNA (PostgreSQL)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0060, the 48th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 14 May 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-6479/

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