VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-2193
PostgreSQL before 9.5.x before 9.5.2 does not properly maintain row-security status in cached plans, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a session that performs queries as more than one role.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.81%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
PostgreSQL before 9.5.x before 9.5.2 does not properly maintain row-security status in cached plans, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a session that performs queries as more than one role.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.81% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-254
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=db69e58a0642ef7fa46d62f6c4cf2460c3a1b41b
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1656/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-2.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035468
- http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=db69e58a0642ef7fa46d62f6c4cf2460c3a1b41b
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1656/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-2.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035468
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.