# CVE-2026-119922: Babelfish for PostgreSQL Privilege Escalation


- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Nov 2026
- **Updated:** 6 Nov 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fv9p-9rr9-fm35

## 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 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-119922 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-119922 is a high-severity vulnerability in AWS Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with Babelfish, published on 3 Nov 2026. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-119922 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AWS Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with Babelfish. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-119922/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-119922/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119922
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119922
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-119922

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-119922/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.