CVE-2026-41889
criticalpgx is a PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go.
Vendor / product: Jackc — pgx
pgx is a PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go. Prior to version 5.9.2, SQL injection can occur when the non-default simple protocol is used, a dollar quoted string literal is used in the SQL query, that string literal contains text that would be would be interpreted as a placeholder outside of a string literal, and the value of that placeholder is controllable by the attacker. This issue has been patched in version 5.9.2.
CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-05-08 17:16
Modified: 2026-10-26 18:10
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
jackc / pgx <5.9.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://github.com/jackc/pgx/security/advisories/GHSA-j88v-2chj-qfwx
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/jackc/pgx/commit/60644f84918a8af66d14a4b0d865d4edafd955da
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/jackc/pgx/security/advisories/GHSA-j88v-2chj-qfwx
References
- https://github.com/jackc/pgx/commit/60644f84918a8af66d14a4b0d865d4edafd955da security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/jackc/pgx/releases/tag/v5.9.2 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/jackc/pgx/security/advisories/GHSA-j88v-2chj-qfwx security-advisories@github.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗