CVE-2022-1552
This flaw allows an attacker with permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema to execute arbitrary SQL functions under a superuser identity.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL. There is an issue with incomplete efforts to operate safely when a privileged user is maintaining another user's objects. The Autovacuum, REINDEX, CREATE INDEX, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW, CLUSTER, and pg_amcheck commands activated relevant protections too late or not at all during the process. This flaw allows an attacker with permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema to execute arbitrary SQL functions under a superuser identity.
- 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
- 16.98% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-459, CWE-89
- Affected
- postgresql/postgresql
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 17.0% on 25 October 2026 to 17.0% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1552Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2081126Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-04Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0005/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-143-137-1211-1116-and-1021-released-2449/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2022-1552/Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1552Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2081126Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-04Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0005/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-143-137-1211-1116-and-1021-released-2449/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2022-1552/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.