CVE-2026-44477
CloudNativePG is a platform designed to manage PostgreSQL databases within Kubernetes environments. Prior to 1.29.1 and 1.28.3, the CloudNat
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Publicado: 28 may 2026 · Última mod.: 15 jul 2026 · CWE-250 · CWE-271 · CWE-426
CloudNativePG is a platform designed to manage PostgreSQL databases within Kubernetes environments. Prior to 1.29.1 and 1.28.3, the CloudNativePG metrics exporter opens its PostgreSQL connection as the postgres superuser via the pod-local Unix socket, then demotes the session with SET ROLE pg_monitor. SET ROLE changes only current_user; session_user remains postgres. Any SQL expression evaluated inside the scrape session can invoke RESET ROLE to recover real superuser privileges, then use COPY ... TO PROGRAM to spawn an OS-level subprocess as the postgres user inside the primary pod. The READ ONLY transaction flag does not block this; it gates writes to database state, not external processes. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.29.1 and 1.28.3.
- github.comhttps://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/pull/10576
- github.comhttps://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/security/advisories/GHSA-423p-g724-fr39
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44477
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482763
- security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44477.json