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CVE-2016-0766
PostgreSQL before 9.1.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.11, 9.4.x before 9.4.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.1 does not properly restrict…
High8.8EPSS 4.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
PostgreSQL before 9.1.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.11, 9.4.x before 9.4.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.1 does not properly restrict access to unspecified custom configuration settings (GUCS) for PL/Java, which allows attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- SUSE-SU-2016:0555 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-11.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0539 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-33 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1035005 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 83184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0578 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2894-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0531 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-20.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3476 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-3475 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .