CVE-2020-25696 — Permissive List of Allowed Inputs in Postgresql
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV8.1
EPSS
0.5%
top 35.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 23
Latest updateFeb 15
Description
A flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If an interactive psql session uses \gset when querying a compromised server, the attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system account running psql. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5postgresql/postgresqlAll PostgreSQL versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24
Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
4Microsoft▶
A flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions before 13.1 before 12.5 before 11.10 before 10.15 before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If an interactive psql session uses \gset↗2020-11-10
Debian▶
CVE-2020-25696: postgresql-13 - A flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions befo...↗2020
💬Community
1Bugzilla
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