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Advisory severityMedium4.3Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-13455] Information Disclosure via brute-force attack on hash function

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-13455.

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CVE-2026-13455
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat LinuxUnclassified
Open source advisory

Summary

PostgreSQL Anonymizer contains a vulnerability that allows unprivileged masked users to repeatedly call the anon.hash() function and collects (seed, hash_output) pairs to perform an offline brute-force attack and deduce the salt.

The problem is resolved in PostgreSQL Anonymizer 3.1.2 and later versions PostgreSQL Anonymizer is not shipped in any Red Hat product. It is available in Fedora and EPEL as a community package.

Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N). Weakness: CWE-916.

Is CVE-2026-13455 exploited?

No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2026-13455 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.

How do I fix CVE-2026-13455?

Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:

  • 3.1.2

Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 12 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • 3.1.2

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 12 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 12 days ago·verify at source

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