[ALSA-2026:3887] Important: postgresql16 security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-03-06
Description:
PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS). The base postgresql package contains the client programs that you'll need to access a PostgreSQL DBMS server, as well as HTML documentation for the whole system. These client programs can be located on the same machine as the PostgreSQL server, or on a remote machine that accesses a PostgreSQL server over a network connection. The PostgreSQL server can be found in the postgresql-server sub-package. Security Fix(es): * postgresql: PostgreSQL missing validation of multibyte character length executes arbitrary code (CVE-2026-2006) * postgresql: PostgreSQL intarray missing validation of type of input to selectivity estimator executes arbitrary code (CVE-2026-2004) * postgresql: PostgreSQL pgcrypto heap buffer overflow executes arbitrary code (CVE-2026-2005) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
noarch postgresql-test-rpm-macros-16.13-1.el10_1.noarch.rpm e76feeb0d1858ecf41f6b5cb34ea1b10f2baece305c0899fb599b357716492c4
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.