What is GHSA-rwxj-4hpx-876f?

GHSA-rwxj-4hpx-876f is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Operation on a dropped index in PostgreSQL REINDEX CONCURRENTLY allows an object creator to...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-rwxj-4hpx-876f cover?

GHSA-rwxj-4hpx-876f covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-116336. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-rwxj-4hpx-876f?

GHSA-rwxj-4hpx-876f has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-rwxj-4hpx-876fHighCVSS 8.8

Operation on a dropped index in PostgreSQL REINDEX CONCURRENTLY allows an object creator to...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

November 12, 2026

Last Modified

November 12, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-116336 →

📋 Description

Operation on a dropped index in PostgreSQL REINDEX CONCURRENTLY allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code as the operating system user running the database, via an index expression that issues DROP INDEX. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, and 14.25 are affected.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116336
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2026-116336
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rwxj-4hpx-876f