Duplicate Advisory: pgproto3: Negative field length panics in DataRow.Decode

Description

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-jqcq-xjh3-6g23. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

A flaw was found in pgproto3. A malicious or compromised PostgreSQL server can exploit this by sending a DataRow message with a negative field length. This input validation vulnerability can lead to a denial of service (DoS) due to a slice bounds out of range panic.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
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Published (advisory)
2026-03-19 15:31:22 UTC
Updated
2026-03-30 21:09:41 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-03-19 19:34:28 UTC
NVD published
2026-03-19
Withdrawn
2026-03-30 21:09:40 UTC

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.09% 24.81%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
7.5 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
go github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2 <= 2.3.3

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence