CVE-2026-33816 in github.com/jackc/pgx
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 20 fixed, 11 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
Memory-safety vulnerability in github.com/jackc/pgx/v5.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00583 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgproto3 (github.com/jackc/pgx/v5): 5.9.0github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 (Go): 5.9.0Red Hat: 24 advisoriesRed Hat: 20 fixed, 11 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 | github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgproto3 | before 5.9.0 | 5.9.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 (Go) | before 5.9.0 | 5.9.0 | Patch available | GHSA-9jj7-4m8r-rfcm |
- github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgproto3 Vendorgithub.com/jackc/pgx/v5 Affected before 5.9.0 Fixed in 5.9.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 5.9.0 Fixed in 5.9.0 Patch available GHSA-9jj7-4m8r-rfcm
Remediation
- Fix · CNA github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgproto3 (github.com/jackc/pgx/v5) Fixed in 5.9.0
- Fix · GHSA-9jj7-4m8r-rfcm github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 (Go) Fixed in 5.9.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 24 advisories
- RHSA-2026:73987 Released 2026-09-30 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 3.3.7 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-built-in-detector-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-argo-argoexec-rhel9 +47
- RHSA-2026:72881 Released 2026-09-28 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes v2.14.6 security update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-multicluster-observability-addon-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-prometheus-rhel9 +3
- RHSA-2026:62866 Released 2026-09-02 · Red Hat rating ImportantCustom Metrics Autoscaler Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 2.19.0-3 This version is a rebuild of 2.19.0 using a newer base image, Go modules and Go compiler, and two bug fixes. See the release notes for more information.
- Custom Metric Autoscaler 2.19 registry.redhat.io/custom-metrics-autoscaler/custom-metrics-autoscaler-adapter-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/custom-metrics-autoscaler/custom-metrics-autoscaler-admission-webhooks-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/custom-metrics-autoscaler/custom-metrics-autoscaler-http-add-on-interceptor-rhel9 +5
Show 21 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:41019 Released 2026-07-16 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Edge Manager Version 1.1.3 Security Update
- RHEM 1.1 for RHEL 10 flightctl-1.1.3-1.el10em, flightctl-agent-1.1.3-1.el10em, flightctl-cli-1.1.3-1.el10em
- RHEM 1.1 for RHEL 9 flightctl-1.1.3-1.el9em, flightctl-agent-1.1.3-1.el9em, flightctl-cli-1.1.3-1.el9em
- RHSA-2026:40984 Released 2026-07-16 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.20.15 security, enhancement & bug fix update
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 registry.redhat.io/odf4/cephcsi-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/odf4/cephcsi-rhel9-operator, registry.redhat.io/odf4/mcg-core-rhel9 +19
- RHSA-2026:40945 Released 2026-07-16 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Edge Manager Version 1.1.3 Security Update
- Red Hat Edge Manager 1.1 registry.redhat.io/rhem/flightctl-alert-exporter-rhel10, registry.redhat.io/rhem/flightctl-alertmanager-proxy-rhel10, registry.redhat.io/rhem/flightctl-api-rhel10 +11
- RHSA-2026:40118 Released 2026-07-15 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Edge Manager Version 1.1.3 Security Update
- Red Hat Edge Manager 1.1 registry.redhat.io/rhem/flightctl-alert-exporter-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhem/flightctl-alertmanager-proxy-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhem/flightctl-api-rhel9 +11
- RHSA-2026:36796 Released 2026-07-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Edge Manager Version 1.0.3 Security Update
- RHEM 1.0 for RHEL 9 flightctl-1.0.3-1.el9em, flightctl-agent-1.0.3-1.el9em, flightctl-cli-1.0.3-1.el9em +1
- RHSA-2026:26636 Released 2026-06-17 · Red Hat rating ImportantCustom Metrics Autoscaler Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 2.19.0-1 Update
- Custom Metric Autoscaler 2.19 registry.redhat.io/custom-metrics-autoscaler/custom-metrics-autoscaler-adapter-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/custom-metrics-autoscaler/custom-metrics-autoscaler-admission-webhooks-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/custom-metrics-autoscaler/custom-metrics-autoscaler-rhel9 +1
- RHSA-2026:26519 Released 2026-06-17 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.21.2
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.21 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-resolvers-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-results-api-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-rhel9-operator
- RHSA-2026:25273 Released 2026-06-11 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes v2.16.2 security update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/console-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:24539 Released 2026-06-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes v2.15.3 security update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/console-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:24503 Released 2026-06-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantMulticluster Global Hub 1.7.1 security update
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.4 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:24482 Released 2026-06-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHTAS 1.3.5 - Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.3 registry.redhat.io/rhtas/fetch-tsa-certs-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhtas/gitsign-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhtas/rekor-cli-rhel9 +1
- RHSA-2026:24479 Released 2026-06-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHTAS 1.3.5 - Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.3 registry.redhat.io/rhtas/certificate-transparency-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhtas/fulcio-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhtas/rekor-backfill-redis-rhel9 +5
- RHSA-2026:24475 Released 2026-06-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHTAS 1.3.5 - Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.3 registry.redhat.io/rhtas/createtree-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:22423 Released 2026-06-02 · Red Hat rating ImportantMulticluster Global Hub 1.3.4 security update
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.3.4 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-agent-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-manager-rhel9 +1
- RHSA-2026:17789 Released 2026-05-26 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Cryostat 4.2.0: new RHEL 9 container image security update
- Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 cryostat/cryostat-grafana-dashboard-rhel9, cryostat/cryostat-openshift-console-plugin-rhel9, cryostat/cryostat-reports-rhel9 +4
- RHSA-2026:19137 Released 2026-05-19 · Red Hat rating Importantgo-fdo-server security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) go-fdo-server-1.0.1-1.el10_2, go-fdo-server-manufacturer-1.0.1-1.el10_2, go-fdo-server-owner-1.0.1-1.el10_2 +1
- RHSA-2026:13907 Released 2026-05-06 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images go-fdo-server-1.0.1-0.1.hum1@aarch64, go-fdo-server-1.0.1-0.1.hum1@src, go-fdo-server-1.0.1-0.1.hum1@x86_64 +6
- RHSA-2026:13829 Released 2026-05-05 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHACS 4.10.2 security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes for IBM Power, little endian 4.10 registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator, registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel8 +1
- RHSA-2026:13791 Released 2026-05-05 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHACS 4.9.6 security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.9 registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator, registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel8 +3
- RHSA-2026:11217 Released 2026-04-27 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHACS 4.8.11 security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.8 registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-scanner-rhel8 +2
- RHSA-2026:11070 Released 2026-04-27 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHACS 4.8.11 security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.8 registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-scanner-rhel8 +2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgproto3 5.9.0
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-26187 CVE-2026-33815 in github.com/jackc/pgxPriority MEDIUM 50
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Custom Metric Autoscaler operator for Red Hat Openshift | Affected | No fix yet |
| Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes | Affected | No fix yet |
| Multicluster Global Hub | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Edge Manager 1 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer | Affected | No fix yet |
| Zero Trust Workload Identity Manager - Tech Preview | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:17789 |
| Custom Metric Autoscaler 2.19 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:26636, RHSA-2026:62866 |
| Multicluster Global Hub 1.3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:22423 |
| Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:24503 |
| RHEM 1.0 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:36796 |
| RHEM 1.1 for RHEL 10 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:41019 |
| RHEM 1.1 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:41019 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:72881 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:24539 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:25273 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:11070, RHSA-2026:11217 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:13791 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes for IBM Power, little endian 4.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:13829 |
| Red Hat Edge Manager 1.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:40118, RHSA-2026:40945 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:19137 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:13907 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:73987 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.21 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:26519 |
| Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:40984 |
| Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:24475, RHSA-2026:24479, RHSA-2026:24482 |
Not affected: 25 products
- Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9
- Custom Metric Autoscaler 2.19
- Custom Metric Autoscaler operator for Red Hat Openshift
- Multicluster Global Hub
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.3.4
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.4
- RHEM 1.0 for RHEL 9
- RHEM 1.1 for RHEL 10
- RHEM 1.1 for RHEL 9
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.8
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.9
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes for IBM Power, little endian 4.10
- Red Hat Edge Manager 1.1
- Red Hat Hardened Images
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.21
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.20
- Red Hat Quay 3
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.3
- Zero Trust Workload Identity Manager
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-33816
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9jj7-4m8r-rfcm
- 2026-10-07 Fix available: RHSA-2026:73987 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-09 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
- 2026-11-05 Fix available: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes for IBM Power, little endian 4.10 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.4 · Red Hat
References
More jackc Pgx vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-18128 pgx SQL Injection via Line Comment Creation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-26187 CVE-2026-33815 in github.com/jackc/pgx CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-18142 pgx SQL Injection via Protocol Message Size Overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-30292 pgx: SQL Injection via placeholder confusion with dollar quoted string literals CVSS 4.0LOW 2.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-33816 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-33816 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9jj7-4m8r-rfcm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-33816 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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