Posted on 2026-11-12 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group
PostgreSQL Project Security
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25, as well as the second release candidate of PostgreSQL 19. This release fixes 52 security vulnerabilities and over 140 bugs reported over the last several months.
There are several issues that may require you to take extra steps after updating, which are described in detail below. See the "Updating" section for more information on post-update steps you may need to take.
For the full list of changes, please review the release notes.
PostgreSQL 14 EOL Notice
This is the final release of PostgreSQL 14. PostgreSQL 14 is now end-of-life and will no longer receive security and bug fixes. If you are running PostgreSQL 14 in a production environment, we suggest that you make plans to upgrade to a newer, supported version of PostgreSQL. Please see our versioning policy for more information.
Security Issues
The following security vulnerabilities are closed in this update release. You can find more details about the vulnerabilities and their affected versions in the links below:
- CVE-2026-6460: Type confusion after
ALTER ... SET DATA TYPEexecutes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-6467: Extension script schema mishandling executes arbitrary SQL (CVSS v3.1: 7.2)
- CVE-2026-14661:
dblinkand subscriptions can append to arbitrary files (CVSS v3.1: 8.1) - CVE-2026-16237:
INSERT ... ON CONFLICTcan read or modify rows despite auto-updatable viewWHEREcondition (CVSS v3.1: 5.4) - CVE-2026-16240:
pg_basebackupcan use backup manifest content as a format string (CVSS v3.1: 3.7) - CVE-2026-18447: Output parameter type confusion executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-116303: Foreign key and JSON conversions bypass
EXECUTEprivilege on cast functions (CVSS v3.1: 3.1) - CVE-2026-116304: Parallel
RECORDtypmod use-after-free executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-116306: Composite-type change during field assignment executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-116307:
plperlprepared-query use-after-free executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-116308:
dict_intreads beyond zero-length tokens (CVSS v3.1: 4.3) - CVE-2026-116309:
plperlblessed-reference type confusion may execute arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-116310:
COPYerror context uses freed field storage (CVSS v3.1: 4.3) - CVE-2026-116311:
DROP OWNEDcan remove restrictive row security policies from non-owned tables (CVSS v3.1: 5.4) - CVE-2026-116312:
MERGEcan place the wrong row in a trigger transition table (CVSS v3.1: 5.4) - CVE-2026-116313:
vacuumdb --missing-stats-onlylets a database owner execute code as thevacuumdbuser (CVSS v3.1: 7.2) - CVE-2026-116314:
pg_restoreexecutes arbitrary code due to missing non-plain archive validation (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-116315:
tsvector_delete()heap buffer overflow executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-116316: Security-restricted operations can create types in pg_temp, which later queries of the session find (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-116317:
ts_rank_cd()heap buffer overflow may execute arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-116318:
pg_dumpnot-null constraint name allows SQL injection (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-116319:
plperlreentrantreturn_next()use-after-free executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-116320:
plperlarray and hash conversion use-after-free executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-116321: Unterminated name value discloses server memory (CVSS v3.1: 4.3)
- CVE-2026-116322: Pre-authentication cancel request can leak a spinlock (CVSS v3.1: 5.3)
- CVE-2026-116323:
pltclreentrant result conversion use-after-free executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-116325:
reindexdbindex name quoting allows SQL injection (CVSS v3.1: 8) - CVE-2026-116326:
plperltied-object exceptions follow stale sigjmp_buf (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-116327:
security_barrieranalysis can expose hidden values through indirect expressions (CVSS v3.1: 4.3) - CVE-2026-116328: Generation memory context integer wraparound executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-116329: Statistics import type confusion executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-116330:
pg_dumptar restore.sql fails to block psql command injection (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-116331: Min/max aggregate type confusion executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-116332: Portal setup use-after-free executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-116333: Parallel B-tree array scan reads beyond array bounds (CVSS v3.1: 6.5)
- CVE-2026-116335: Commutator or negator result-type confusion executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-116336:
REINDEX CONCURRENTLYdoes not blockDROP INDEXduring index functions (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-120139: Tuple-size integer wraparound executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-120141: Materialized set-returning function type confusion executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-120142: Dropped-column type confusion executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-120143: Transition-table cursor use-after-free executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-120144: Type-cache invalidation gap executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-120145: Logical replication can write to subscriber system catalogs, executing arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-120146:
REASSIGN OWNEDbypasses roleSETandCREATEDBchecks (CVSS v3.1: 4.3) - CVE-2026-120147:
dblinkreentrant disconnect use-after-free executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-120148: Extended-statistics pseudo-type confusion executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.1)
- CVE-2026-120149: FDW batch-insert mismatch executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-120150: Expanded-record domain-check use-after-free executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8)
- CVE-2026-120151:
plpgsqlrecord-field type confusion executes arbitrary code (CVSS v3.1: 8.8) - CVE-2026-120152:
pg_show_all_settings()use-after-free discloses memory (CVSS v3.1: 4.3) - CVE-2026-120153: Extension-script substitutions allow SQL injection through object names (CVSS v3.1: 7.2)
- CVE-2026-120154:
INSERT ... ON CONFLICTcan read rows despite row security policies (CVSS v3.1: 4.3)
Bug Fixes and Improvements
This update fixes over 140 bugs that were reported in the last several months. The issues listed below affect PostgreSQL 18. Many of these issues also affect other supported versions of PostgreSQL.
- Fix exporting and importing
snapshots
taken on a standby server. The issue was detected when running a parallel
pg_dumpagainst a standby server, and could corrupt both the dump output and the standby server's data. More generally, a transaction that imported a snapshot taken on a standby server could return wrong results. - Several fixes for GIN indexes that could lead to index corruption, causing queries to miss rows or to return unrelated rows. If you suspect a GIN index is affected, you should reindex it. See the release notes for more details on the issue, and the "Updating" section for post-update steps.
- Fix possible index corruption in
pg_trgmGiST indexes that could cause searches to miss matching rows. You need to reindex after updating; see the "Updating" section. - Fix a case where, after
REINDEX CONCURRENTLYrebuilt an index on a TOAST table, later index updates could be missed, leading tomissing chunk numbererrors. If you've encountered this issue, after updating, you'll need to reindex. See the "Updating" section. - Disallow
NOT NULL NO INHERITconstraints on partitioned tables in all cases, includingCREATE TABLE ... LIKE. Previously, this could allow a partition to containNULLvalues when it should not. See the "Updating" section for how to find and repair affected constraints. - Disable B-tree index deduplication for columns declared as
bpcharwithout a length, which could cause index-only scans to return wrong results. If you have B-tree indexes onbpcharcolumns, you should reindex them after updating. See the "Updating" section. - Several fixes for incremental backups that could produce corrupt backups. We recommend taking a new full backup after updating and using it for subsequent incremental backups. See the "Updating" section.
- Several fixes for
base backups,
including avoiding a torn copy of the
pg_controlfile, and avoiding truncated or zero-padded copies of files such aspostgresql.auto.confthat are replaced while the backup is running. - Rework the planner's join removal implementation. While this is a significant change for an update release, it was made to avoid continued bugs from the previous implementation.
- Fix possible loss of rows during a table rewrite (for example,
CLUSTERorVACUUM FULL) when a row had been updated by a subtransaction that later aborted. - Fix parallel vacuum I/O timing reports.
- Several fixes that could cause data loss or inconsistency after a crash, including starting a checkpoint while creating a multixact or while aborting a prepared transaction. This release also writes the state files of pending prepared transactions atomically, as a crash could previously leave behind an invalid file that prevented the server from starting.
- Several fixes to the planner that could produce wrong query results,
including queries with
LATERALreferences, outer joins, self-join elimination on tables using inheritance,DISTINCT ONin a subquery with set-returning functions, and queries using non-deterministic collations. - Several fixes to partition
pruning
that could cause rows to be missed, including multi-column
RANGE-partitioned tables when a query filters only on the leading columns,DEFAULTpartitions on tables usingMINVALUEorMAXVALUEbounds, and concurrent updates that could silently skip rows that should be updated. - Fix
INSERT ... ON CONFLICTto acquire a predicate lock on the conflicting row underSERIALIZABLEisolation. Previously, concurrent updates that should have failed with a serialization error could succeed. - Fix
MERGEwithWHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCEwhen the target row is concurrently deleted. Previously, aWHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGETaction could run instead, giving incorrect results. - Several fixes for
SQL/JSON
functions such as
JSON_TABLEandJSON_VALUEthat could return incorrect results. - Several fixes for logical replication that could cause a subscriber to apply changes incorrectly.
- Several fixes for standby servers, including avoiding unnecessary replay delays and query cancellations in certain cases.
- Fix
psqlto accept multipleCOPY ... FROM STDINcommands in a single command string. The fix for CVE-2026-6464 causedpsqlto reject these. - Several fixes that could cause a dump to fail to restore, or cause a restored
view to behave differently from the original. These include views and rules that
use
AT TIME ZONEin aFROMclause or a target alias namedset,tsvectorandtsqueryvalues that could fail to reload. - Fix the server becoming stuck, instead of exiting, if the startup process crashes while the server is restarting after a crash.
This release also updates time zone data files to tzdata release 2026f.
Beginning in November 2026, Canada's Northwest Territories (America/Inuvik)
are on year-round UTC-06 and Manitoba (America/Winnipeg) is on year-round
UTC-05. This release assumes their TZ abbreviations will be CST and EST
respectively (though this could change). It also reflects that Cuba will stay
on daylight saving time this winter, and that the EST5EDT, CST6CDT,
MST7MDT, and PST8PDT zone names now use their indicated UTC offsets for
old timestamps instead of the history of their associated city-named zones.
Updating
All PostgreSQL update releases are cumulative. As with other minor releases,
users are not required to dump and reload their database or use pg_upgrade
in order to apply this update release; you may simply stop PostgreSQL and
update its binaries.
If you suspect that a GIN index is affected by one of the corruption issues fixed in this release, you should reindex it, for example:
REINDEX INDEX your_index_name;
If you use pg_trgm, you should reindex any GiST indexes that use the
gist_trgm_ops operator class.
If you see missing chunk number errors when reading a table, you should
reindex the table, which also reindexes its TOAST table, for example:
REINDEX TABLE your_table_name;
If you use incremental backups, we recommend taking a new full backup after updating and using it as the basis for subsequent incremental backups.
If you use partitioned tables, the following query finds NOT NULL NO INHERIT
constraints on partitioned tables:
SELECT conrelid::regclass, conname
FROM pg_constraint
WHERE contype = 'n' AND connoinherit
AND conrelid IN (SELECT oid FROM pg_class WHERE relkind = 'p');
You can remove unwanted constraints with ALTER TABLE ... DROP CONSTRAINT ....
Constraints you want to keep should be repaired with
ALTER TABLE ... ALTER CONSTRAINT ... INHERIT, which will fail if any of the
table's partitions contain NULL values in that column.
If you have B-tree indexes on bpchar columns (that is, columns declared as
bpchar without a length), you should reindex them after updating. Columns
declared as char(n) are not affected.
Users who have skipped one or more update releases may need to run additional post-update steps; please see the release notes from earlier versions for details.
For more details, please see the release notes.
A Note on PostgreSQL 19 RC 2
This release marks the second release candidate of PostgreSQL 19. As a release candidate, PostgreSQL 19 RC 2 will be mostly identical to the initial release of PostgreSQL 19, though some more fixes may be applied prior to the general availability of PostgreSQL 19. PostgreSQL 19 RC 2 also includes the fixes in this update release that apply to PostgreSQL 19.
The planned date for the general availability of PostgreSQL 19 is November 19, 2026. Please see the "Release Schedule" section for more details.
Upgrading to PostgreSQL 19 RC 2
To upgrade to PostgreSQL 19 RC 2 from earlier versions of PostgreSQL, you will
need to use a major version upgrade strategy, e.g. pg_upgrade or
pg_dump / pg_restore. For more information, please visit the documentation
section on upgrading:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/19/upgrading.html
If you use pg_upgrade and have indexes that use
full text search,
pg_trgm, or
fuzzystrmatch, please
review the
"Migration to Version 19"
section of the release notes, as you may need to reindex them after upgrading.
Changes Since 19 RC 1
Several bug fixes were applied to PostgreSQL 19 during the RC 1 period. These include:
- Revert a change that allowed
JSON_ARRAY()andJSON_OBJECT()expressions over arrays, composite types, and range types to be used in expression indexes, generated columns, and partition keys, as these indexes could become out-of-date. If you created any of these objects while testing PostgreSQL 19, you need to drop or redefine them before upgrading, aspg_dump/pg_restoreandpg_upgradewill fail to recreate them. - Fix wrong results in
GROUPING SETSqueries, where a column not included in the current grouping set could show a value instead ofNULL. - Fix an infinite loop in
first_value()andnth_value()when usingIGNORE NULLSwith someEXCLUDEframe options. - Fix eager aggregation running volatile functions in a join condition once per group instead of once per row.
- Fix promotion of a standby server waiting indefinitely if a session is blocked sending data to a client that has stopped reading.
- Fix the
LISTEN/NOTIFYqueue becoming stuck if a session is interrupted while reading notifications. - Fix foreign key checks that could fail with an error when the referencing column's type needs a cast to be compared with the referenced column.
- Fix performance regressions in hash-based query execution, including hash
tables that could be sized far beyond the
work_memlimit based on the planner's row estimate.
For a detailed list of fixes, please visit the open items page.
Release Schedule
This is the second release candidate for PostgreSQL 19. Unless an issue is discovered that requires a delay or an additional release candidate, PostgreSQL 19 should be made generally available on November 19, 2026.
For further information please see the Beta Testing page.
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