{"id":"CVE-2020-1720","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-1720","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:32:18.892Z","title":"An authenticated attacker could use this flaw in certain configurations to perform drop objects such as function, triggers, et al., leading to database corruption.","description":"A flaw was found in PostgreSQL's \"ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION\", where sub-commands did not perform authorization checks. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw in certain configurations to perform drop objects such as function, triggers, et al., leading to database corruption. This issue affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.2, before 11.7, before 10.12 and before 9.6.17.","published":"2020-03-17T16:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:02:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-285","CWE-862"],"affected":["postgresql/postgresql","redhat/decision manager","redhat/software collections","redhat/enterprise linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01183,"percentile":0.67547,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1720","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."}