What's new and changed in EDB Postgres

EDB Postgres updates can include new features and fixes. 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 Software Hub.

Installing or Upgrading EDB Postgres

Ready to install or upgrade EDB Postgres?

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

IBM Software Hub Version 5.4.0

A new version of EDB Postgres was released in June 2026 with IBM Software Hub 5.4.0.

Operand version: 5.40.0

Database versions: 14.22, 15.17, 16.13, 17.9, 18.3

This release includes the following changes:

Customer-reported issues fixed in this release
For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak for Data on the IBM Support website.
Security issues fixed in this release
Here is the list of security issues fixed in this release:
  • CVE-2026-0865, CVE-2026-1299, CVE-2026-4111, CVE-2026-21226, CVE-2026-23949, CVE-2026-30922, CVE-2026-32597, CVE-2026-32952, CVE-2026-33747, CVE-2026-33748, RHSA-2026:1087, RHSA-2026:1350, RHSA-2026:1408, RHSA-2026:1473, RHSA-2026:1478, RHSA-2026:1913, RHSA-2026:2786, RHSA-2026:4165, RHSA-2026:4168, RHSA-2026:4188, RHSA-2026:5080, RHSA-2026:6266, RHSA-2026:6285
  • CVE-2025-9820, CVE-2025-14831, CVE-2025-15366, CVE-2025-15367, CVE-2025-15558, CVE-2025-61726, CVE-2025-61727, CVE-2025-61728, CVE-2025-61729, CVE-2025-61730, CVE-2025-68121, RHSA-2025:22660, RHSA-2025:23323, RHSA-2025:23342
  • CVE-2023-40403