{"id":"CVE-2017-16082","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16082","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:50:43.047Z","title":"A remote code execution vulnerability was found within the pg module when the remote database or query specifies a specially crafted column name.","description":"A remote code execution vulnerability was found within the pg module when the remote database or query specifies a specially crafted column name. There are 2 likely scenarios in which one would likely be vulnerable. 1) Executing unsafe, user-supplied sql which contains a malicious column name. 2) Connecting to an untrusted database and executing a query which returns results where any of the column names are malicious.","published":"2018-06-07T02:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:08:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"support@hackerone.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["node-postgres/pg"],"epss":{"score":0.1045,"percentile":0.9572,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.07146,"percentile":0.94072},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.10524,"percentile":0.95558}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.10524,"from":0.07146,"percentile":0.95558},"summary":"EPSS moved from 7.1% to 10.5% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://node-postgres.com/announcements#2017-08-12-code-execution-vulnerability","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/521","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://node-postgres.com/announcements#2017-08-12-code-execution-vulnerability","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/521","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16082","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}