
CVE catalog
CVE-2026-50738
A use-after-free condition exists in pglogical's worker signaling code, where a worker structure can be dereferenced after the underlying slot has been freed or recycled during normal worker lifecycle
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.51% · Oct 25, 2026
A use-after-free condition exists in pglogical's worker signaling code, where a worker structure can be dereferenced after the underlying slot has been freed or recycled during normal worker lifecycle events. The condition is reachable during normal replication operation, including by a low-privileged user able to influence worker start, stop, and restart timing through permitted pglogical operations. In the typical case the condition crashes replication workers, causing an availability impact. In the worst case a use-after-free in a PostgreSQL backend can be leveraged as a remote code execution primitive at the privilege of that backend.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pglogical | sid | 2.4.8-2 | fixed |
| Debian | pglogical | forky | 2.4.8-2 | fixed |
| Debian | pglogical | trixie | 2.4.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | pglogical | bookworm | 2.4.2-3 | vulnerable |
| Cpe | pglogical | Not reported | 2.4.8 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pglogical | source | sid | 2.4.8-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pglogical | source | forky | 2.4.8-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pglogical | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pglogical | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cpe | pglogical | cpe | Not reported | 2.4.8 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2026-50738 | Not reported |
Notes
[trixie] pglogical: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [postgresql-15-pglogical]Affected
Source package: [pglogical]
Details (2)
2.4.2-3· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · pglogical · debian · bookworm; nvd · pglogical · debian · 12
2.4.2-3· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · pglogical · debian · bookworm; nvd · pglogical · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [postgresql-17-pglogical]Affected
Source package: [pglogical]
Details (2)
2.4.5-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
nvd · pglogical · debian · 13
2.4.5-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
nvd · pglogical · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50738]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-50738]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-50738]
- [https://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/security/advisories/cve202650738/]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]