CVE-2026-41889
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
2.3
VIR risk
9.8
Description
pgx: SQL Injection via placeholder confusion with dollar quoted string literals
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| sid | Affected | โ |
| forky | Affected | โ |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
Windows Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 | <5.9.2 | 5.9.2 |
| Go | github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 | <=4.18.3 | |
| Go | github.com/jackc/pgx | <=3.6.2 | |
| GO | github.com/jackc/pgx | <= 3.6.2 | |
| GO | github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 | <= 4.18.3 | |
| GO | github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 | < 5.9.2 | 5.9.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| jackc | pgx | {"endExcluding":"5.9.2"} | 5.9.2 |
References
- https://github.com/jackc/pgx/commit/60644f84918a8af66d14a4b0d865d4edafd955da
- https://github.com/jackc/pgx/releases/tag/v5.9.2
- https://github.com/jackc/pgx/security/advisories/GHSA-j88v-2chj-qfwx
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41889
- https://github.com/jackc/pgx
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-41889
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41889.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j88v-2chj-qfwx
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41889
CWEs
CWE-89
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.