CVE-2020-25695

high-risk
Published 2020-11-16

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. An attacker having permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema can execute arbitrary SQL functions under the identity of a superuser. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Do I need to act?

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23.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 76% of all CVEs
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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
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Debian Postgresql

References (10)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894425
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0003/
Vendor Advisory https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894425
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0003/
Vendor Advisory https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/
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high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 14/34 · Moderate
Exposure 7/34 · Low