What's new and changed in EDB Postgres

EDB Postgres updates can include new features, bug fixes, and security updates. Releases are listed in reverse chronological order so that the latest release is at the beginning of the topic.

You can see a list of the new features for the platform and all of the services at What's new in IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

Installing or upgrading EDB Postgres

Ready to install or upgrade EDB Postgres?

  • To install EDB Postgres along with the other Cloud Pak for Data services, see Installing Cloud Pak for Data.
  • To upgrade EDB Postgres along with the other Cloud Pak for Data services, see Upgrading Cloud Pak for Data.
  • To install or upgrade EDB Postgres independently, see EDB Postgres.
    Remember: All of the Cloud Pak for Data components associated with an instance of Cloud Pak for Data must be installed at the same version.

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.3

A new version of EDB Postgres was released in September 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.3.

Operand version: 12.20, 13.16, 14.13, 15.8, 16.4

This release includes the following changes:

Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2024-1737, CVE-2024-1975, CVE-2024-4032, CVE-2024-4076, CVE-2024-38428

RHSA-2024:4766, RHSA-2024:5279, RHSA-2024:6192

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.2

A new version of EDB Postgres was released in August 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.2.

Operand version: 12.19, 13.15, 14.12, 15.7, 16.3

This release includes the following changes:

Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2024-2961, CVE-2024-3727, CVE-2024-5321, CVE-2024-6104, CVE-2024-24789, CVE-2024-24791, CVE-2024-28182, CVE-2024-33599, CVE-2024-33600, CVE-2024-33601, CVE-2024-33602, CVE-2024-39689

CVE-2023-47308

CVE-2022-40897, CVE-2022-48468

CVE-2021-43618

CVE-2020-26137

CVE-2019-11236

RHSA-2024:3339

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.1

A new version of EDB Postgres was released in July 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.1.

Operand version: 12.19, 13.15, 14.12, 15.7, 16.3

This release includes the following changes:

Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2024-0450, CVE-2024-2961, CVE-2024-3154, CVE-2024-3727, CVE-2024-5569, CVE-2024-22365, CVE-2024-23650, CVE-2024-23651, CVE-2024-23652, CVE-2024-23653, CVE-2024-24789, CVE-2024-24806, CVE-2024-25062, CVE-2024-28182, CVE-2024-28834, CVE-2024-33599, CVE-2024-33600, CVE-2024-33601, CVE-2024-33602, CVE-2024-35255

CVE-2023-3978, CVE-2023-4408, CVE-2023-6004, CVE-2023-6918, CVE-2023-7008, CVE-2023-6597, CVE-2023-22745, CVE-2023-39325, CVE-2023-50387, CVE-2023-50868, CVE-2023-52425

RHSA-2024:1615, RHSA-2024:1784, RHSA-2024:2722, RHSA-2024:3062, RHSA-2024:3163, RHSA-2024:3203, RHSA-2024:3233, RHSA-2024:3344, RHSA-2024:3339, RHSA-2024:3626, RHSA-2024:4058, RHSA-2024:4247, RHSA-2024:4264

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.0

A new version of EDB Postgres was released in June 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.0.

Operand version: 12.18, 13.14, 14.11, 15.6, 16.2

This release includes the following changes:

Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues are fixed in this release while upgrading from version 4.8.5 to 5.0:

CVE-2024-24557, CVE-2024-24786, CVE-2024-28180, CVE-2024-28835, CVE-2024-29018, CVE-2024-34064

CVE-2023-2975, CVE-2023-28322, CVE-2023-38546, CVE-2023-45288, CVE-2023-46218, CVE-2023-48795

CVE-2022-23471, CVE-2022-41721, CVE-2022-48554

CVE-2021-43618

RHSA-2024:1601, RHSA-2024:1879, RHSA-2024:2679, RHSA-2024:3214