CVE-2026-6471

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2026
PostgreSQL Hit by 12-Year-Old Vulnerability Allowing Server Takeover

PostGREShell (CVE-2026-6471) is a 12-year-old PostgreSQL flaw that lets low-privileged attackers execute code and take over servers. Cyera researchers found a severe PostgreSQL vulnerability, dubbed PostGREShell and tracked as CVE-2026-6471 (CVSS score of 7.2). Present in releases dating back to 2014, the flaw can be exploited by attackers with low-level replication access to execute code, […]