CVE-2026-44477
CloudNativePG exporter allows OS-level code execution in pods via SET ROLE and COPY TO PROGRAM.
Is CVE-2026-44477 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-44477 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.48% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-44477?
CVE-2026-44477 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.4. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-44477?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-44477. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-44477 affect?
CVE-2026-44477 affects CloudNativePG, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-44477?
Upgrade to 1.29.1 or 1.28.3+
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
OS-level code execution inside affected pods via metric scraping; can spawn processes as the postgres user.
Patch when possible
- affected< 1.28.3
- affected>= 1.29.0 and < 1.29.1
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.