CVE-2026-41889
CRITICALpgx: SQL Injection via placeholder confusion with dollar quoted string literals
Title source: cnaDescription
pgx is a PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go. Prior to version 5.9.2, SQL injection can occur when the non-default simple protocol is used, a dollar quoted string literal is used in the SQL query, that string literal contains text that would be would be interpreted as a placeholder outside of a string literal, and the value of that placeholder is controllable by the attacker. This issue has been patched in version 5.9.2.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/jackc/pgx/security/advisories/GHSA-j88v-2chj-qfwx
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/jackc/pgx/commit/60644f84918a8af66d14a4b0d865d4edafd955da
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/jackc/pgx/releases/tag/v5.9.2
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
27.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-89
Status
published
Products (4)
jackc/pgx
< 5.9.2 (2 CPE variants)
jackc/pgx
0 - 3.6.2Go
jackc/pgx
0 - 4.18.3Go
jackc/pgx
0 - 5.9.2Go
Published
May 08, 2026
Tracked Since
May 08, 2026