CVE-2018-16850

high-risk
Published 2018-11-13

postgresql before versions 11.1, 10.6 is vulnerable to a to SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING. Using a purpose-crafted trigger definition, an attacker can cause arbitrary SQL statements to run, with superuser privileges.

Do I need to act?

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1.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

Affected Vendors

Redhat Postgresql Canonical

References (14)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105923
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042144
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3757
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16850
Mitigation https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3818-1/
Release Notes https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105923
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042144
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3757
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16850
Mitigation https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3818-1/
Release Notes https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate