CVE-2026-42198

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

3.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-18.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-04-29 15:58Z4 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-18 12:05Z17 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-04-25

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

cf6b36a23aed42c916f4f57beeda14cfd99eb30d587b1d768cef6378ef57579d

• github.comhttps://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-98qh-xjc8-98pqx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/releases/tag/REL42.7.11x_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42198vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2463857https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463857issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42198.jsonx_sadp-csaf-vex
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:52928vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24348vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19098vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT