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TI-2026-59978 Aliases CVE-2026-87911

OS command injection in AWS Labs postgres MCP Server

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-184Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

An OS command injection weakness in the read-only enforcement of the SQL validation component in Amazon awslabs postgres-mcp-server before 1.1.7 might allow an unauthenticated actor to execute operating system commands on the host of a self-managed PostgreSQL server by placing a crafted COPY ... TO PROGRAM statement into content that is processed when an authenticated user interacts with the MCP server in its default read-only mode. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 1.1.7 or later.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01738 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed AWS Labs postgres MCP Server (AWS): 1.1.7

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AWSAWS Labs postgres MCP Serverbefore 1.1.71.1.7Patch availableCNA
  • AWS Labs postgres MCP Server VendorAWS Affected before 1.1.7 Fixed in 1.1.7 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA AWS Labs postgres MCP Server (AWS) Fixed in 1.1.7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-87911

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

  • TI-2026-23989 crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-18648 Amazon AWS Amplify CLI before 12.10.1 incorrectly configures the role trust policy of IAM… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-05929 Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2025-03847 Input validation issue in AWS Amplify Studio UI component properties CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-11603 HTTP/2 Stream Parser Confusion Body-Inspection Bypass in Amazon CloudFront with AWS WAF CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.9
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Sources

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