CVE-2026-41889CWE-89

pgx: SQL Injection via placeholder confusion with dollar quoted string literals

Low · published May 8, 2026

CVSS v4.0
2.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
41.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

pgx is a PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go. Prior to version 5.9.2, SQL injection can occur when the non-default simple protocol is used, a dollar quoted string literal is used in the SQL query, that string literal contains text that would be would be interpreted as a placeholder outside of a string literal, and the value of that placeholder is controllable by the attacker. This issue has been patched in version 5.9.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
2.3 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00488 · 41.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Published
2026-05-08T15:53Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 MAY 15:53Z
    pgx: SQL Injection via placeholder confusion with dollar quoted string literals
    cvelistv5