CVE-2022-1552

moderate-risk
Published 2022-08-31

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL. There is an issue with incomplete efforts to operate safely when a privileged user is maintaining another user's objects. The Autovacuum, REINDEX, CREATE INDEX, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW, CLUSTER, and pg_amcheck commands activated relevant protections too late or not at all during the process. This flaw allows an attacker with permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema to execute arbitrary SQL functions under a superuser identity.

Do I need to act?

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2.3% 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
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Postgresql

References (12)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1552
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2081126
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-04
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0005/
Vendor Advisory https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-143-137-1211-1116-and-1021-rele...
Vendor Advisory https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2022-1552/
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1552
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2081126
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-04
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0005/
Vendor Advisory https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-143-137-1211-1116-and-1021-rele...
Vendor Advisory https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2022-1552/
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal