What is GHSA-j4qg-6655-x9r7?

GHSA-j4qg-6655-x9r7 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Improper locking in PostgreSQL startup processing allows an unauthenticated network client to...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-j4qg-6655-x9r7 cover?

GHSA-j4qg-6655-x9r7 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-116322. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-j4qg-6655-x9r7?

GHSA-j4qg-6655-x9r7 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-j4qg-6655-x9r7MediumCVSS 5.3

Improper locking in PostgreSQL startup processing allows an unauthenticated network client to...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

November 12, 2026

Last Modified

November 12, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-116322 →

📋 Description

Improper locking in PostgreSQL startup processing allows an unauthenticated network client to trigger a server restart, via arranging for authentication_timeout to arrive while it holds a spinlock during cancel handling. Within major version 18, minor versions before PostgreSQL 18.7 are affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 18 are unaffected.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116322
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-116322
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j4qg-6655-x9r7