pgp_sym_decrypt() and pgp_pub_decrypt() will raise such errors, while bytea variants will not. The existing "dat3" test decrypted to non-UTF8 text, so switch that query to bytea. The long-term intent is for type "text" to always be valid in the database encoding. pgcrypto has long been known as a source of exceptions to that intent, but a report about exploiting invalid values of type "text" brought this module to the forefront. This particular exception is straightforward to fix, with reasonable effect on user queries. Back-patch to v14 (all supported versions). Reported-by: Paul Gerste (as part of zeroday.cloud) Reported-by: Moritz Sanft (as part of zeroday.cloud) Author: shihao zhong <zhong950419@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: cary huang <hcary328@gmail.com> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAGRkXqRZyo0gLxPJqUsDqtWYBbgM14betsHiLRPj9mo2=z9VvA@mail.gmail.com Backpatch-through: 14 Security: CVE-2026-2006
PostgreSQL Database Management System
This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL database management system.
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings.
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