Incorrect control of environment variables in PostgreSQL PL/Perl allows an unprivileged database user to change sensitive process environment variables (e.g. PATH). That often suffices to enable arbitrary code execution, even if the attacker lacks a database server operating system user. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, 13.17, and 12.21 are affected.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade postgresql-test-rpm-macrosUpgrade pgvectorUpgrade postgresql-private-libsUpgrade postgresql-pltclUpgrade postgresql-upgradeUpgrade postgresql-contribUpgrade postgresql-server-develUpgrade postgresql-plpython3Upgrade postgresql-serverUpgrade postgresql-plperlUpgrade postgresql-staticUpgrade postgresqlUpgrade postgresql-upgrade-develUpgrade pgauditUpgrade postgresql-testUpgrade postgresql-docsUpgrade pg_repackUpgrade postgres-decoderbufsUpgrade postgresql-private-devel | Dec 6, 2024 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade postgresql13Upgrade postgresql15Upgrade postgresql14Upgrade postgresql17Upgrade postgresql16 | Aug 8, 2025 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade libpq-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-upgradeUpgrade postgresql-testUpgrade postgresqlUpgrade postgresql-pltclUpgrade libpqUpgrade postgresql-serverUpgrade postgresql-private-libsUpgrade postgresql-plperlUpgrade postgresql-libsUpgrade postgresql-plpython3Upgrade postgresql-contribUpgrade libpq-develUpgrade postgresql-develUpgrade postgresql-llvmjitUpgrade postgresql-upgrade-develUpgrade postgresql-staticUpgrade postgresql-server-develUpgrade postgresql-plpythonUpgrade postgresql-test-rpm-macrosUpgrade postgresql-private-develUpgrade postgresql-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-docs | Dec 20, 2024 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade postgresql15-serverUpgrade postgresql16-upgradeUpgrade postgresql15-test-rpm-macrosUpgrade postgresql16-debugsourceUpgrade postgresql16-upgrade-devel-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-docsUpgrade postgresql16-serverUpgrade postgresql16-contribUpgrade postgresql16-plperlUpgrade postgresql16-private-develUpgrade postgresql15-pltclUpgrade postgresql15-plpython3Upgrade postgresql16-llvmjit-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql16-plpython3Upgrade postgresql15-contribUpgrade postgresql16-private-libs-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-debugsourceUpgrade postgresql16Upgrade postgresql16-upgrade-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-docs-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql16-contrib-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-upgrade-devel-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-llvmjitUpgrade postgresql15-private-libs-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-upgrade-develUpgrade postgresql16-private-libsUpgrade postgresql15-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-private-develUpgrade postgresql15-server-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-private-libsUpgrade postgresql15-server-develUpgrade postgresql15-server-devel-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-test-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-upgradeUpgrade postgresql16-test-rpm-macrosUpgrade postgresql15-plperl-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-llvmjit-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql16-plperl-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql16-docsUpgrade postgresql15-testUpgrade postgresql16-staticUpgrade postgresql15-upgrade-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-contrib-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15Upgrade postgresql16-test-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql16-docs-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql16-server-devel-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql15-plperlUpgrade postgresql15-plpython3-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql16-plpython3-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql16-server-develUpgrade postgresql16-testUpgrade postgresql16-server-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql16-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql16-pltclUpgrade postgresql16-pltcl-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql16-llvmjitUpgrade postgresql15-staticUpgrade postgresql15-pltcl-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql16-upgrade-devel | Feb 17, 2025 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade postgresql-13Upgrade postgresql-17Upgrade postgresql-15 | Nov 18, 2024 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2025342 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2026039 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Jan 13, 2026 | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade postgresql15-plperlUpgrade postgresql17-plperlUpgrade postgresql12-plperlUpgrade postgresql13-plperlUpgrade postgresql14-plperlUpgrade postgresql16-plperl | Nov 15, 2024 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-db/postgresql. | Dec 9, 2024 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade postgresql-develUpgrade postgresql-plpython3Upgrade postgresql-upgrade-develUpgrade postgresql-contribUpgrade postgres-decoderbufsUpgrade postgresql-plpythonUpgrade pgvectorUpgrade postgresql-upgradeUpgrade postgresql-test-rpm-macrosUpgrade postgresql-testUpgrade postgresql-private-libsUpgrade postgresql-pltclUpgrade postgresqlUpgrade postgresql-serverUpgrade postgresql-server-develUpgrade postgresql-libsUpgrade postgresql-docsUpgrade pgauditUpgrade postgresql-staticUpgrade postgresql-private-develUpgrade postgresql-plperlUpgrade pg_repack | Dec 5, 2024 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| Postgres | — | Upgrade to PostgreSQL version 14.14Upgrade to PostgreSQL version 16.5Upgrade to PostgreSQL version 15.9Upgrade to PostgreSQL version 17.1 | Nov 15, 2024 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade postgresql-server-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-private-libsUpgrade postgresql-plperlUpgrade postgresqlUpgrade postgresql-staticUpgrade postgresql-debugsourceUpgrade postgresql-serverUpgrade postgresql-plpython3-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-plpython3Upgrade postgresql-testUpgrade postgresql-libsUpgrade postgresql-docs-debuginfoUpgrade pg_repackUpgrade postgresql-test-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-upgrade-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-pltcl-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-docsUpgrade postgres-decoderbufs-debugsourceNo solution existsUpgrade postgresql-private-develUpgrade postgresql-pltclUpgrade postgresql-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-plperl-debuginfoUpgrade pg_repack-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-private-libs-debuginfoUpgrade postgres-decoderbufsUpgrade postgresql-contrib-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-server-devel-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-plpythonUpgrade pgauditUpgrade postgresql-upgrade-develUpgrade pgvector-debugsourceUpgrade pgvectorUpgrade postgresql-test-rpm-macrosUpgrade pgaudit-debugsourceUpgrade postgres-decoderbufs-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-server-develUpgrade postgresql-develUpgrade pgvector-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-contribUpgrade pg_repack-debugsourceUpgrade postgresql-upgradeUpgrade pgaudit-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-upgrade-devel-debuginfo | Feb 10, 2025 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade postgres-decoderbufsUpgrade pg_repack-debugsourceUpgrade pg_repack-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-private-develUpgrade pgaudit-debuginfoUpgrade pg_repackUpgrade pgauditUpgrade postgresql-debugsourceUpgrade postgresqlUpgrade postgresql-pltclUpgrade postgresql-private-libs-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-server-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-private-libsUpgrade postgres-decoderbufs-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-server-develUpgrade postgresql-testUpgrade pgaudit-debugsourceUpgrade postgresql-staticUpgrade postgresql-server-devel-debuginfoUpgrade postgres-decoderbufs-debugsourceUpgrade postgresql-upgrade-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-pltcl-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-docsUpgrade postgresql-serverUpgrade postgresql-plpython3-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-plperl-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-docs-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-contrib-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-upgradeUpgrade postgresql-upgrade-develUpgrade postgresql-contribUpgrade postgresql-test-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-plperlUpgrade postgresql-upgrade-devel-debuginfoUpgrade postgresql-plpython3 | Feb 5, 2026 | Dec 19, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade postgresql15-server-develUpgrade postgresql17-llvmjit-develUpgrade postgresql16-pltclUpgrade postgresql14-llvmjitUpgrade postgresql-plpythonUpgrade postgresql-contribUpgrade postgresql15-llvmjitUpgrade postgresql-llvmjitUpgrade postgresql12-docsUpgrade postgresql15-serverUpgrade postgresql16-serverUpgrade postgresql16-llvmjitUpgrade postgresql13-plpythonUpgrade postgresql17-server-develUpgrade postgresql17-pltclUpgrade postgresql16-llvmjit-develUpgrade postgresql14-contribUpgrade postgresql-pltclUpgrade postgresql17-serverUpgrade postgresql16-testUpgrade postgresql-llvmjit-develUpgrade postgresql13-server-develUpgrade postgresql14Upgrade postgresql14-develUpgrade postgresql12-pltclUpgrade postgresql13-develUpgrade postgresql14-plperlUpgrade postgresql16Upgrade postgresql13-docsUpgrade postgresql-develUpgrade postgresql15-docsUpgrade postgresql17-develUpgrade postgresql13-testUpgrade libecpg6Upgrade postgresql12-llvmjit-develUpgrade postgresql12-plperlUpgrade postgresql12-serverUpgrade postgresql-server-develUpgrade postgresql16-server-develUpgrade libpq5-32bitUpgrade postgresql16-contribUpgrade postgresql16-plpythonUpgrade postgresqlUpgrade postgresql12-testUpgrade postgresql15-contribUpgrade postgresql12-server-develUpgrade postgresql12-develUpgrade postgresql-docsUpgrade postgresql14-serverUpgrade postgresql14-plpythonUpgrade postgresql17Upgrade postgresql-serverUpgrade postgresql16-docsUpgrade postgresql15-testUpgrade postgresql15-develUpgrade postgresql14-server-develUpgrade postgresql13-plperlUpgrade postgresql12-contribUpgrade postgresql17-llvmjitUpgrade postgresql17-docsUpgrade postgresql16-plperlUpgrade postgresql17-plpythonUpgrade postgresql15-plperlUpgrade postgresql13-llvmjit-develUpgrade postgresql17-plperlUpgrade postgresql14-docsUpgrade postgresql13-serverUpgrade postgresql13Upgrade postgresql14-testUpgrade postgresql17-contribUpgrade postgresql14-llvmjit-develUpgrade postgresql12-llvmjitUpgrade libecpg6-32bitUpgrade postgresql15-pltclUpgrade postgresql13-contribUpgrade postgresql17-testUpgrade postgresql15-plpythonUpgrade postgresql15-llvmjit-develUpgrade postgresql12-plpythonUpgrade postgresql13-pltclUpgrade postgresql12Upgrade libpq5Upgrade postgresql16-develUpgrade postgresql15Upgrade postgresql-testUpgrade postgresql14-pltclUpgrade postgresql13-llvmjitUpgrade postgresql-plperl | Dec 31, 2024 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade postgresql-16Upgrade postgresql-12Upgrade postgresql-14Upgrade postgresql-client-16Upgrade postgresql-client-12Upgrade postgresql-client-9.5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade postgresql-9.5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade postgresql-client-14 | Dec 3, 2024 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Nov 14, 2024 |
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