{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-61820","details":"pg_partman is a PostgreSQL extension that manages partitioned tables by time or ID. Prior to 5.5.0, inherit_template_properties() manually surrounds primary-key column names from pg_attribute.attname with double quotes without escaping embedded double-quote characters. A partman_user who owns a template table can create a crafted column name that breaks out of the generated ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY identifier when the background worker applies the key to a child partition. The generated SQL then executes with pg_partman_bgw.role privileges, which default to PostgreSQL superuser, permitting database-wide compromise and operating-system command execution as the PostgreSQL service account. The crafted catalog identifier persists until removed and can trigger again during later partition creation. This issue is fixed in version 5.5.0.","modified":"2026-09-21T21:39:52.003811260Z","published":"2026-09-21T00:00:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-61820"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-61820"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-61820"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/security/advisories/GHSA-xqxh-6hh3-974m"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/commit/ba9405542acf24dd881845b935cab8b165854361"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/releases/tag/v5.5.0"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pg-partman","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pg-partman?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.2.2-1","2.2.2-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"postgresql-9.5-partman","binary_version":"2.2.2-2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-61820.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pg-partman","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pg-partman?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.6.3-1","3.1.0-1","3.1.1-1","3.1.2-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"postgresql-10-partman","binary_version":"3.1.2-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-61820.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pg-partman","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pg-partman?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.0.0-1","4.2.0-1","4.2.2-1","4.3.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"4.3.0-1","binary_name":"postgresql-12-partman"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-61820.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pg-partman","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pg-partman?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.5.1-1","4.6.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"postgresql-14-partman","binary_version":"4.6.0-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-61820.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pg-partman","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pg-partman?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.7.3-1","5.0.0-2","5.0.1-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"postgresql-16-partman","binary_version":"5.0.1-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-61820.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pg-partman","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pg-partman?arch=source&distro=resolute"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.2.4-1","5.3.1-2","5.4.0-1","5.4.1-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"postgresql-18-partman","binary_version":"5.4.1-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-61820.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}