CVE-2020-25695
An attacker having permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema can execute arbitrary SQL functions under the identity of a superuser.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 46.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. An attacker having permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema can execute arbitrary SQL functions under the identity of a superuser. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 46.44% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 46.4% since 3 November 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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894425Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894425Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.