PostgreSQL up to 18.4 fuzzystrmatch levenshtein/levenshtein_less_equal integer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL up to 14.23/15.18/16.14/17.10/18.4. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is the function levenshtein/levenshtein_less_equal of the component fuzzystrmatch. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-15742. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL up to 14.23/15.18/16.14/17.10/18.4. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function levenshtein/levenshtein_less_equal of the component fuzzystrmatch. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer wraparound in PostgreSQL fuzzystrmatch allows a user to direct writes to a huge range of addresses, executing arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via extreme inputs to SQL function levenshtein() or levenshtein_less_equal(). Versions before PostgreSQL 18.5, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 are affected.

The advisory is shared at postgresql.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-15742 since 07/14/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 14.24, 15.19, 16.15, 17.11 or 18.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Database Software

Name

• PostgreSQL

Version

• 14.0
• 14.1
• 14.2
• 14.3
• 14.4
• 14.5
• 14.6
• 14.7
• 14.8
• 14.9
• 14.10
• 14.11
• 14.12
• 14.13
• 14.14
• 14.15
• 14.16
• 14.17
• 14.18
• 14.19
• 14.20
• 14.21
• 14.22
• 14.23
• 15.0
• 15.1
• 15.2
• 15.3
• 15.4
• 15.5
• 15.6
• 15.7
• 15.8
• 15.9
• 15.10
• 15.11
• 15.12
• 15.13
• 15.14
• 15.15
• 15.16
• 15.17
• 15.18
• 16.0
• 16.1
• 16.2
• 16.3
• 16.4
• 16.5
• 16.6
• 16.7
• 16.8
• 16.9
• 16.10
• 16.11
• 16.12
• 16.13
• 16.14
• 17.0
• 17.1
• 17.2
• 17.3
• 17.4
• 17.5
• 17.6
• 17.7
• 17.8
• 17.9
• 17.10
• 18.0
• 18.1
• 18.2
• 18.3
• 18.4

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.postgresql.org/

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