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CVE-2017-7546
PostgreSQL versions before 9.2.22, 9.3.18, 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to incorrect authentication flaw allowing remote…
Critical9.8EPSS 61.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
PostgreSQL versions before 9.2.22, 9.3.18, 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to incorrect authentication flaw allowing remote attackers to gain access to database accounts with an empty password.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 61.6% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
PostgreSQL · postgresql
- affected 9.2.x before 9.2.22
- affected 9.3.x before 9.3.18
- affected 9.4.x before 9.4.13
- affected 9.5.x before 9.5.8
- affected 9.6.x before 9.6.4
References (10)
- RHSA-2017:2728 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3936 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2678 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2860 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 100278 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3935 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1039142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201710-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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 .