{"id":251045,"date":"2026-05-20T23:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/highly-critical-drupal-core-flaw-exposes-postgresql-sites-to-rce-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T03:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:40:07","slug":"highly-critical-drupal-core-flaw-exposes-postgresql-sites-to-rce-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/highly-critical-drupal-core-flaw-exposes-postgresql-sites-to-rce-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Highly Critical Drupal Core Flaw Exposes PostgreSQL Sites to RCE Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Highly Critical Drupal Core Flaw Exposes PostgreSQL Sites to RCE Attacks<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2026\/05\/highly-critical-drupal-core-flaw.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-20 23:44:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: thehackernews.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\ue804Ravie Lakshmanan<\/span>\ue802May 21, 2026<\/span><\/span>Web Security \/ Vulnerability<\/span><\/p>\n

Drupal has released security updates for a “highly critical” security vulnerability in Drupal Core that could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote code execution, privilege escalation, or information disclosure.<\/p>\n

The vulnerability, now tracked as CVE-2026-9082<\/strong>, carries a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10.0, per CVE.org. Drupal said the vulnerability resides in a database abstraction API that is used in Drupal Core to validate queries and ensure they are sanitized against SQL injection attacks.<\/p>\n

“A vulnerability in this API allows an attacker to send specially crafted requests, resulting in arbitrary SQL injection for sites using PostgreSQL databases,” it said. “This can lead to information disclosure, and in some cases privilege escalation, remote code execution, or other attacks.”<\/p>\n

Drupal noted the security flaw can be exploited by anonymous users, and impacts only sites that use PostgreSQL. The following versions address the issue –<\/p>\n