Description
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.
Published: 2026-05-08
Score: 2.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j88v-2chj-qfwx pgx: SQL Injection via placeholder confusion with dollar quoted string literals
History

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 08 May 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Jackc
Jackc pgx
Vendors & Products Jackc
Jackc pgx

Fri, 08 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 08 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title pgx: SQL Injection via placeholder confusion with dollar quoted string literals
Weaknesses CWE-89
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-08T19:38:34.153Z

Reserved: 2026-04-22T15:11:54.671Z

Link: CVE-2026-41889

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-08T19:38:15.820Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-08T17:16:31.040

Modified: 2026-05-13T16:34:56.063

Link: CVE-2026-41889

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-05-08T15:53:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-41889 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-08T22:30:18Z

Weaknesses