PoC Exploit Released for 20-Year Old PostgreSQL RCE Vulnerability

A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been publicly released for CVE-2026-2005, a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting PostgreSQL’s pgcrypto extension. The flaw, rooted in legacy code dating back nearly two decades, highlights the long-standing risks associated with memory handling issues in widely deployed database systems. The vulnerability exists in the PGP session key parsing […] The post PoC Exploit Released for 20-Year Old PostgreSQL RCE Vulnerability appeared first on Cyber Security News.