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CVE-2016-5424
PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 might allow remote…
High7.1EPSS 4.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 might allow remote authenticated users with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE role to gain superuser privileges via a (1) " (double quote), (2) \ (backslash), (3) carriage return, or (4) newline character in a (a) database or (b) role name that is mishandled during an administrative operation.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% 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 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- RHSA-2016:1781 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1036617 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1821 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3646 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-33 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2425 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 92435 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2606 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1820 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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 .