Back Linuxsecurity SUSE PostgreSQL14 Important SQL Injection Path Traversal Fix 2026-22177
## This update for postgresql14 fixes the following issues Security issues: * CVE-2026-6472: ensure the user has CREATE privilege on the schema specified (bsc#1265172). * CVE-2026-6473: integer overflows in memory-allocation calculations (bsc#1265173). * CVE-2026-6474: Guard against malicious time zone names (bsc#1265174). * CVE-2026-6475: Prevent path traversal in pg_basebackup and pg_rewind (bsc#1265175). * CVE-2026-6477: Mark PQfn() as unsafe, and avoid using it within libpq (bsc#1265177). * CVE-2026-6478: Use timing-safe string comparisons in authentication code (bsc#1265178). * CVE-2026-6479: Prevent unbounded recursion while processing startup packets (bsc#1265179). * CVE-2026-6637: Prevent SQL injection and buffer overruns in contrib/spi (bsc#1265181). Non security issue:
## This update for postgresql14 fixes the following issues Security issues: * CVE-2026-6472: ensure the user has CREATE privilege on the schema specified (bsc#1265172). * CVE-2026-6473: integer overflows in memory-allocation calculations (bsc#1265173). * CVE-2026-6474: Guard against malicious time zone names (bsc#1265174). * CVE-2026-6475: Prevent path traversal in pg_basebackup and pg_rewind (bsc#1265175). * CVE-2026-6477: Mark PQfn() as unsafe, and avoid using it within libpq (bsc#1265177). * CVE-2026-6478: Use timing-safe string comparisons in authentication code (bsc#1265178). * CVE-2026-6479: Prevent unbounded recursion while processing startup packets (bsc#1265179). * CVE-2026-6637: Prevent SQL injection and buffer overruns in contrib/spi (bsc#1265181). Non security issue:
* CVE-2026-6472 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
* CVE-2026-6472 ( NVD ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
* CVE-2026-6473 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2026-6473 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2026-6474 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
* CVE-2026-6474 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22177-1 Release Date: 2026-06-19T16:51:39Z Rating: important
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