Security update for postgresql18

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0785-1
Release Date: 2026-03-03T14:01:39Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-2006 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-2006 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for postgresql18 fixes the following issue:

Update to version 18.3 (bsc#1258754).

Regression fixes:

  • the substring() function raises an error "invalid byte sequence for encoding" on non-ASCII text values if the source of that value is a database column (caused by CVE-2026-2006 fix).
  • a standby may halt and return an error "could not access status of transaction".

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-785=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-785=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libpq5-18.3-8.9.1
    • libecpg6-18.3-8.9.1
    • libpq5-debuginfo-18.3-8.9.1
    • libecpg6-debuginfo-18.3-8.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (s390x x86_64)
    • libecpg6-debuginfo-32bit-18.3-8.9.1
    • libpq5-debuginfo-32bit-18.3-8.9.1
    • libecpg6-32bit-18.3-8.9.1
    • libpq5-32bit-18.3-8.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • libecpg6-18.3-8.9.1
    • libecpg6-32bit-18.3-8.9.1
    • libpq5-debuginfo-18.3-8.9.1
    • libecpg6-debuginfo-32bit-18.3-8.9.1
    • libpq5-debuginfo-32bit-18.3-8.9.1
    • libpq5-32bit-18.3-8.9.1
    • libpq5-18.3-8.9.1
    • libecpg6-debuginfo-18.3-8.9.1

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