vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-7741-1 (CVE-2025-8715): PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 14, 2025 | Sep 9, 2025 | Sep 16, 2025 |
Description
Improper neutralization of newlines in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a user of the origin server to inject arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore the dump, via psql meta-commands inside a purpose-crafted object name. The same attacks can achieve SQL injection as a superuser of the restore target server. pg_dumpall, pg_restore, and pg_upgrade are also affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected. Versions before 11.20 are unaffected. CVE-2012-0868 had fixed this class of problem, but version 11.20 reintroduced it.
Solutions
References
- CVE-2025-8715
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-8715
- CWE-93
- UBUNTU-USN-7741-1
- URL-https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7741-1
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8715
- URL-https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-176-1610-1514-1419-1322-and-18-beta-3-released-3118/
- URL-https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2025-8715/
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