High severity · published Mar 6, 2026
CVE-2026-29089
TimescaleDB uses untrusted search path during extension upgrade
8.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
TimescaleDB is a time-series database for high-performance real-time analytics packaged as a Postgres extension. From version 2.23.0 to 2.25.1, PostgreSQL uses the search_path setting to locate unqualified database objects (tables, functions, operators). If the search_path includes user-writable schemas a malicious user can create functions in that schema that shadow builtin postgres functions and will be called instead of the postgres functions leading to arbitrary code execution during extension upgrade. This issue has been patched in version 2.25.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TI
timescaledb · timescale
>= 2.23.0, < 2.25.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29089
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-29089
Patch
https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/commit/9a8f7f8bdeb99e6abae0786ffe526791a8628ce3
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/pull/9331
Product
https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/releases/tag/2.25.2
Mitigation
https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/security/advisories/GHSA-vgp2-jj5c-828m
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