pgsql: Check for USAGE privilege on the composite type in ALTER TABLE O

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 composite type in ALTER TABLE O
Date: 2026-08-10 13:41:25
Message-ID: E1wtQFp-00000000yA8-2ynM@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Check for USAGE privilege on the composite type in ALTER TABLE OF.

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

Reported-by: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Author: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(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/57f59ca1d954f2de7ac3ef8971046778c955613a
Author: Nathan Bossart <nathan(at)postgresql(dot)org>

Modified Files
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src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c | 5 +++++
src/test/regress/expected/privileges.out | 6 ++++++
src/test/regress/sql/privileges.sql | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

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