CVE-2026-14678 (GCVE-0-2026-14678)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-13 13:00
Modified
2026-08-13 15:36
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Summary
Buffer over-read in PostgreSQL pg_trgm index picksplit function reads past end of a heap buffer. This might allow a table maintainer to infer limited memory values, via the lossy signal of index split choices. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.5, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a PostgreSQL Version: 18   < 18.5
Version: 17   < 17.11
Version: 16   < 16.15
Version: 15   < 15.19
Version: 0   < 14.24
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