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ubuntu-cve-2026-41889

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-05-08 17:16

Modified

2026-05-25 09:18

Summary

Details

pgx is a PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go. Prior to version 5.9.2, SQL injection can occur when the non-default simple protocol is used, a dollar quoted string literal is used in the SQL query, that string literal contains text that would be would be interpreted as a placeholder outside of a string literal, and the value of that placeholder is controllable by the attacker. This issue has been patched in version 5.9.2.

Severity

2.3 (Low)


                    
                      CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-41889	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41889	REPORT
	https://github.com/jackc/pgx/security/advisories/…	REPORT
	https://github.com/jackc/pgx/commit/60644f84918a8…	REPORT
	https://github.com/jackc/pgx/releases/tag/v5.9.2	REPORT

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            "binary_name": "golang-github-jackc-pgx-v5-dev",
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        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "golang-github-jackc-pgx-v5",
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41889",
  "modified": "2026-05-25T09:18:24Z",
  "published": "2026-05-08T17:16:00Z",
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      "type": "REPORT",
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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    }
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  ]
}

CVE-2026-41889 (GCVE-0-2026-41889)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 15:53 – Updated: 2026-05-08 19:38

Title

pgx: SQL Injection via placeholder confusion with dollar quoted string literals

Summary

Severity

2.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/jackc/pgx/security/advisories/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/jackc/pgx/commit/60644f84918a8…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/jackc/pgx/releases/tag/v5.9.2	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
jackc	pgx	Affected: < 5.9.2

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ubuntu-cve-2026-41889

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2026-41889 (GCVE-0-2026-41889)

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