Published Nov 12, 2026Sources checked Nov 14, 2026
8.1HIGHCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-120148 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 8.1. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
What to do next
Remediation and response
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Vendor revision: Nov 14, 2026
Release Notes
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSSUnavailableNo current score collected
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2026-120148?
Type confusion in PostgreSQL extended statistics allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via a statistics expression of an anonymous RECORD type whose backend-local type identifier denotes a different row type in another session. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25 are affected.