CVE-2026-6478
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.08%PostgreSQL discloses MD5-hashed passwords via covert timing channel
Published: 5/14/2026Modified: 5/25/2026
Description
Covert timing channel in comparison of MD5-hashed password in PostgreSQL authentication allows an attacker to recover user credentials sufficient to authenticate. This does not affect scram-sha-256 passwords, the default in all supported releases. However, current databases may have MD5-hashed passwords originating in upgrades from PostgreSQL 13 or earlier. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 are affected.
Affected packages (9)
- Alpine/postgresql15from 0, < 15.18-r0
- Alpine/postgresql16from 0, < 16.14-r0
- Alpine/postgresql17from 0, < 17.10-r0
- Alpine/postgresql18from 0, < 18.4-r0
- Bitnami/postgresqlfrom 0, < 14.23.0, >= 15.0.0, < 15.18.0, >= 16.0.0, < 16.14.0, >= 17.0.0, < 17.10.0, >= 18.0.0, < 18.4.0
- Debian/postgresql-13from 0
- Debian/postgresql-15from 0, < 15.18-0+deb12u1
- Debian/postgresql-17from 0, < 17.10-0+deb13u1
- Debian/postgresql-18from 0, < 18.4-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |