CVE-2018-16850
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
Description
postgresql before versions 11.1, 10.6 is vulnerable to a to SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING. Using a purpose-crafted trigger definition, an attacker can cause arbitrary SQL statements to run, with superuser privileges.
How to fix CVE-2018-16850
To remediate CVE-2018-16850, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/postgresql—upgrade to 11.1-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 11.1-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 11.1-r0 or later
Is CVE-2018-16850 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 11.1-r0
- from 0, < 11.1-r0
- from 0, < 11.1-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |