CVE-2026-4427
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
19/03/2026
Last modified:
20/03/2026
Description
A flaw was found in pgproto3. A malicious or compromised PostgreSQL server can exploit this by sending a DataRow message with a negative field length. This input validation vulnerability can lead to a denial of service (DoS) due to a slice bounds out of range panic.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4427
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2448626
- https://github.com/golang/vulndb/issues/4518
- https://github.com/jackc/pgproto3
- https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/2507
- https://securityinfinity.com/research/memory-safety-vulnerabilities-in-go-postgresql-wire-protocol-parsers-pgproto3-pgx



