BABELFISH-FOR-AURORA-POSTGRESQL · CVE-2026-119924 · Infrastructure
FIX → 6.1.0 · 5.6.0 · 4.10.0 · 3.14.0 +7 ✓ verified
AWS disclosed two memory-safety flaws in the TDS (SQL Server wire protocol) layer of Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL. One, in the connection handshake, could be reached by an unauthenticated remote actor; the other, in RPC request handling, lets an authenticated actor read adjacent process memory or crash the database process.
first public Nov 6, 2026 ·
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Aurora PostgreSQL clusters with Babelfish enabled (SQL Server wire protocol/TDS) on versions below the patched releases in AWS bulletin 2026-166-AWS, and self-run PostgreSQL with the Babelfish extension in the listed versions. CVE-2026-119923 can be reached by an unauthenticated remote actor in the handshake; CVE-2026-119924 needs authentication (read adjacent memory or crash). Clusters without Babelfish, or with port 1433 restricted to trusted sources, can skip or reduce urgency.
Not affected if babelfish-disabled, managed-hosting-patched, tds-port-restricted
Who cares aurora-postgresql, aws, babelfish, lab-disclosure, sql-server-compatibility, tds
CVE-2026-119923 and CVE-2026-119924: Issues with Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL
Bulletin ID: 2026-166-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 11/06/2026 10:00 AM PST
Description:
Babelfish for PostgreSQL extension enables users to run SQL Server workloads without modifying their applications. Babelfish is developed as an OpenSource project using the PostgreSQL’s extension model. It is owned and maintained by AWS https://github.com/babelfish-for-postgresql/babelfish_extensions/.
Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL enables Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL to understand the SQL Server wire protocol (TDS), allowing applications built for SQL Server to connect without changing drivers or rewriting application code.
We identified two issues in the Babelfish TDS protocol layer:
Impacted versions:
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Upgrade to 6.1.0 · 5.6.0 · 4.10.0 · 3.14.0 +7
13.9.16 (1.5.5), 13.23.3 (1.17.2), 14.6.16 (2.3.5), 14.17.8 (2.12.4), 14.18.6 (2.13.3), 14.19.5 (2.14.2), 14.20.5 (2.15.2), 14.22.3 (2.16.1), 14.23.1 (2.17.0), 15.10.8 (3.8.4), 15.12.8 (3.9.4), 15.13.6 (3.10.3), 15.14.5 (3.11.2), 15.15.5 (3.12.2), 15.17.3 (3.13.1), 15.18.1 (3.14.0), 16.8.8 (4.5.5), 16.9.6 (4.6.3), 16.10.5 (4.7.2), 16.11.5 (4.8.2), 16.13.3 (4.9.1), 16.14.1 (4.10.0), 17.4.8 (5.1.4), 17.5.6 (5.2.3), 17.6.5 (5.3.2), 17.7.5 (5.4.2), 17.9.3 (5.5.1), 17.10.1 (5.6.0), 18.3.4 (6.0.2), 18.4.1 (6.1.0)Resolution:
This issue has been addressed in Babelfish for PostgreSQL extension versions 4.10, 5.6 and 6.1. For Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL customers with Babelfish enabled, upgrade your cluster to one of the following Aurora PostgreSQL versions (included Babelfish version in parentheses) or later, and apply any pending maintenance to ensure you are on the latest patch: 13.9.16 (1.5.5), 13.23.3 (1.17.2), 14.6.16 (2.3.5), 14.17.8 (2.12.4), 14.18.6 (2.13.3), 14.19.5 (2.14.2), 14.20.5 (2.15.2), 14.22.3 (2.16.1), 14.23.1 (2.17.0), 15.10.8 (3.8.4), 15.12.8 (3.9.4), 15.13.6 (3.10.3), 15.14.5 (3.11.2), 15.15.5 (3.12.2), 15.17.3 (3.13.1), 15.18.1 (3.14.0), 16.8.8 (4.5.5), 16.9.6 (4.6.3), 16.10.5 (4.7.2), 16.11.5 (4.8.2), 16.13.3 (4.9.1), 16.14.1 (4.10.0), 17.4.8 (5.1.4), 17.5.6 (5.2.3), 17.6.5 (5.3.2), 17.7.5 (5.4.2), 17.9.3 (5.5.1), 17.10.1 (5.6.0), 18.3.4 (6.0.2), 18.4.1 (6.1.0).
Workarounds:
Restrict network access to the TDS port (default 1433) to trusted sources using VPC security groups until the upgrade is applied.
References:
Please email aws-security@amazon.com with any security questions or concerns.
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