CVE-2026-120062 psqlODBC SQL injection through SQLSpecialColumns table and schema names
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-120062 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-120062 is a high-severity vulnerability in PostgreSQL psqlODBC, published on 2 Nov 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-120062 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: PostgreSQL psqlODBC. 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-2026-120062/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-120062/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-120062?
CVE-2026-120062 is a high-severity vulnerability in PostgreSQL psqlODBC, published on 2 Nov 2026.
Official description
SQLSpecialColumns in psqlODBC splices the table and schema names it receives into its catalog query without escaping them, while the other catalog functions escape them. An application that passes an untrusted table or schema name to SQLSpecialColumns lets the caller execute arbitrary SQL with the privileges of the connection. Versions before psqlODBC 18.00.0006 are affected.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-120062?
How do I fix CVE-2026-120062?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2026-120062 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-120062 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120062, GHSA-4342-mj27-9p38, GHSA-gg8f-fx3w-rj33, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-120062.