CVE-2026-70635
HIGHTimescaleDB 2.29.1 Out-of-Bounds Read DoS via Bulk Dictionary Decompression Negative Index
Title source: cnaDescription
TimescaleDB through 2.29.1, fixed in commit 517c13e, contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to cause query-result integrity failures or backend crashes by supplying a crafted Simple8b selector-11 value, which is stored in the signed int16 Arrow dictionary-index type and bypasses index validation checks in bulk text dictionary decompression. Attackers with direct DML access to a non-frozen physical compressed hypertable relation can trigger an out-of-bounds read before the base of the live offsets array through the VectorAgg single-text hashing strategy, resulting in incorrect aggregation output, backend SIGSEGV, or PostgreSQL crash recovery depending on build configuration.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch patch
Patch Commit
https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/commit/517c13e7cc6afadb4a7deaa7a5a5a29065e5b5a3
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/timescaledb-out-of-bounds-read-dos-via-bulk-dictionary-decompression-negative-index
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
28.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-125
CWE-129
Status
published
Products (2)
timescale/timescaledb
< 2.29.1
timescale/timescaledb
517c13e7cc6afadb4a7deaa7a5a5a29065e5b5a3
Published
Aug 06, 2026
Tracked Since
Aug 07, 2026