Use After Free in Enterprisedb Pglogical
CVE-2026-50738
A use-after-free condition exists in pglogical's worker signaling code, where a worker structure can be dereferenced after the underlying slot has been freed or recycled during normal worker lifecycle events. The condition is reachable during normal replication operation, including by a low-privileged user able to influence worker start, stop, and restart timing through permitted pglogical operations. In the typical case the condition crashes replication workers, causing an availability impact. In the worst case a use-after-free in a PostgreSQL backend can be leveraged as a remote code execution primitive at the privilege of that backend.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.003 (23.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Enterprisedb Pglogical — versions 2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 20be33e2-bf35-4d13-8fad-18bd2f3e3659 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-50738?
- CVE-2026-50738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Enterprisedb Pglogical, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-28.
- How severe is CVE-2026-50738?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.