Description
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.
Affected products
linuxfoundation: cloudnativepg
References5
- github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/security/advisories/GH… MitigationVendor Advisory
- github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/pull/10576 Issue TrackingPatch
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44477
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482763
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44477…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.9
CRITICAL
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 4.0
-
9.4
CRITICAL
Score source: CNA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 42 · as of 15 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-250CWE-271CWE-426
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