CVE-2026-119922 Babelfish for PostgreSQL Privilege Escalation
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-119922?
CVE-2026-119922 is a high-severity vulnerability in AWS Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with Babelfish, published on 3 Nov 2026.
Official description
Improper access control in the Babelfish for PostgreSQL extension versions 1.2-1.5, 2.1-2.15, 3.1-3.12, 4.0-4.8, 5.1-5.4 and in Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with Babelfish may allow remote authenticated users to elevate their privileges. To remediate this issue, we recommend users upgrade to Babelfish for PostgreSQL extension versions 4.10, 5.6, 6.1 or later. Customers using Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with Babelfish should upgrade their cluster to Aurora PostgreSQL 13.9.16 (1.5.5), 13.23.3 (1.17.2), 14.6.16 (2.3.5), 14.17.8 (2.12.4), 14.18.6 (2.13.3), 14.19.5 (2.14.2), 14.20.5 (2.15.2), 14.22.3 (2.16.1), 14.23.1 (2.17.0), 15.10.8 (3.8.4), 15.12.8 (3.9.4), 15.13.6 (3.10.3), 15.14.5 (3.11.2), 15.15.5 (3.12.2), 15.17.3 (3.13.1), 15.18.1 (3.14.0), 16.8.8 (4.5.5), 16.9.6 (4.6.3), 16.10.5 (4.7.2), 16.11.5 (4.8.2), 16.13.3 (4.9.1), 16.14.1 (4.10.0), 17.4.8 (5.1.4), 17.5.6 (5.2.3), 17.6.5 (5.3.2), 17.7.5 (5.4.2), 17.9.3 (5.5.1), 17.10.1 (5.6.0), 18.3.4 (6.0.2), 18.4.1 (6.1.0) or later, and apply any pending maintenance to ensure they are on the latest patch.
Weakness: CWE-266
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-119922?
How do I fix CVE-2026-119922?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-119922 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-119922 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-119922 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fv9p-9rr9-fm35.