CVE-2026-61820

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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.

• github.comhttps://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/commit/ba9405542acf24dd881845b935cab8b165854361
• github.comhttps://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/releases/tag/v5.5.0
• github.comhttps://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/security/advisories/GHSA-xqxh-6hh3-974m