RHSA-2026:26181 — Security Advisory

An update for the postgresql:15 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

Security Fix(es):

• postgresql: PostgreSQL: Credential recovery via covert timing channel in MD5 password comparison (CVE-2026-6478)

• postgresql: integer overflow can cause an undersized allocation and an out-of-bounds write (CVE-2026-6473)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.