pgsql: Check for USAGE privilege on the subtype in CREATE TYPE AS RANGE

From: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Check for USAGE privilege on the subtype in CREATE TYPE AS RANGE
Date: 2026-08-10 13:41:25
Message-ID: E1wtQFp-00000000y9w-2Ixa@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Check for USAGE privilege on the subtype in CREATE TYPE AS RANGE.

This omission allowed roles without USAGE on a type to create range
types that depend on it, which could prevent the owner from
changing the type later.

Reported-by: Jingzhou Fu <fuboat(at)outlook(dot)com>
Author: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Security: CVE-2026-6470
Backpatch-through: 14

Branch
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REL_18_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/2e91f8548daa7c7c7d5848f3812fac95fe9e9db5
Author: Nathan Bossart <nathan(at)postgresql(dot)org>

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/ref/create_type.sgml | 5 +++++
src/backend/commands/typecmds.c | 4 ++++
src/test/regress/expected/rangetypes.out | 15 +++++++++++++++
src/test/regress/sql/rangetypes.sql | 14 ++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 38 insertions(+)

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