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GHSA-5287-hmjh-qmqq (pghero): Insecure direct object reference (IDOR)

Insecure direct object reference (IDOR)

Published: October 20, 2026

SECURITY IDENTIFIERS

GEM

pghero

SEVERITY

CVSS v3.x: 6.5 (Medium)

PATCHED VERSIONS

>= 4.1.0

DESCRIPTION

An authenticated user can kill connections and certain Postgres backend processes for other databases on the same instance if the PgHero database user has privileges to do so.

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