CVE-2017-7547
PostgreSQL versions before 9.2.22, 9.3.18, 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to authorization flaw allowing remote authenticated attackers to retrieve passwords from the user mappings defined by the foreign server owners without actually having the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
PostgreSQL versions before 9.2.22, 9.3.18, 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to authorization flaw allowing remote authenticated attackers to retrieve passwords from the user mappings defined by the foreign server owners without actually having the privileges to do so.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.58% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 5.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100275Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2728
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100275Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2728
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.