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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00012.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
jackc pgx affected
Version Status Constraints
< 5.9.2 affected —

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:jackc:pgx:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

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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
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://github.com/jackc/pgx/commit/60644f84918a8af66d14a4b0d865d4edafd955da cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/jackc/pgx/releases/tag/v5.9.2 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/jackc/pgx/security/advisories/GHSA-j88v-2chj-qfwx cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41889 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41889 cve-icon
History

Thu, 21 May 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pgx_project:pgx:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* cpe:2.3:a:jackc:pgx:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
Vendors & Products Pgx Project
Pgx Project pgx

Thu, 21 May 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Pgx Project
Pgx Project pgx
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pgx_project:pgx:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
Vendors & Products Pgx Project
Pgx Project pgx
Metrics 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'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Jackc
Jackc pgx
Vendors & Products Jackc
Jackc pgx

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}

Projects

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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 : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2026-05-21T19:58:12.450

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