TimescaleDB 2.29.1 Out-of-Bounds Read DoS via Bulk Dictionary Decompression Negative Index
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
TimescaleDB through 2.29.1, fixed in commit 517c13e, contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to cause query-result integrity failures or backend crashes by supplying a crafted Simple8b selector-11 value, which is stored in the signed int16 Arrow dictionary-index type and bypasses index validation checks in bulk text dictionary decompression. Attackers with direct DML access to a non-frozen physical compressed hypertable relation can trigger an out-of-bounds read before the base of the live offsets array through the VectorAgg single-text hashing strategy, resulting in incorrect aggregation output, backend SIGSEGV, or PostgreSQL crash recovery depending on build configuration.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-70635
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-55x3-g2hr-288r
References
Patch 2
More Timescaledb vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-10611 TimescaleDB has incorrect access control CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-23232 TimescaleDB uses untrusted search path during extension upgrade CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-08073 Timescale TimescaleDB 1.x and 2.x before 2.5.2 may allow privilege escalation during… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
- TI-2026-49344 TimescaleDB 2.29.1 Out-of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure via Dictionary Compression Reverse Iterator CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-49343 TimescaleDB 2.29.1 Out-of-Bounds Read DoS via Gorilla Compression Reverse Iterator CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-70635 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-70635 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-55x3-g2hr-288r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-70635 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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