Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-44477
CloudNativePG is a platform designed to manage PostgreSQL databases within Kubernetes environments. Prior to 1.29.1 and 1.28.3, the CloudNativePG metrics exporter opens its PostgreSQL connection as the postgres superuser via the pod-local Unix socket, then demotes the session with SET ROLE pg_monitor. SET ROLE changes only current_user; session_user remains postgres. Any SQL expression evaluated inside the scrape session can invoke RESET ROLE to recover real superuser privileges, then use COPY ... TO PROGRAM to spawn an OS-level subprocess as the postgres user inside the primary pod. The READ ONLY transaction flag does not block this; it gates writes to database state, not external processes. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.29.1 and 1.28.3.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 14.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.9
Products affected by CVE-2026-44477
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:0.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:0.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:0.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:0.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:0.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:0.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:0.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:0.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:0.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.14.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.15.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.15.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.15.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.15.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.15.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.15.5
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.16.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.16.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.16.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.16.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.16.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.16.5
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.17.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.17.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.17.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.17.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.17.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.17.5
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.18.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.18.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.18.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.18.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.18.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.18.5
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.19.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.19.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.19.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.19.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.19.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.19.5
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.19.6
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.20.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.20.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.20.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.20.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.20.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.20.5
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.20.6
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.21.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.21.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.21.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.21.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.21.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.21.5
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.21.6
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.22.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.22.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.22.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.22.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.22.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.22.5
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.23.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.23.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.23.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.23.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.23.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.23.5
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.23.6
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.24.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.24.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.24.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.24.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.24.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.25.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.25.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.25.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.25.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.25.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.26.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.26.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.26.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.26.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.27.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.27.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.27.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.27.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.27.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.28.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.28.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.28.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.29.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cloudnativepg:1.9.2