CVE-2017-16082

N/A

Published: June 7, 2018 at 02:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPg

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 10%

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability was found within the pg module when the remote database or query specifies a specially crafted column name. There are 2 likely scenarios in which one would likely be vulnerable. 1) Executing unsafe, user-supplied sql which contains a malicious column name. 2) Connecting to an untrusted database and executing a query which returns results where any of the column names are malicious.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Pg · Node Postgresnpm

95%

v < 2.11.22.0.0 ≤ v < 2.11.23.0.0 ≤ v < 3.6.44.0.0 ≤ v < 4.5.76.0.0 ≤ v < 6.4.27.0.0 ≤ v < 7.1.25.0.0 < v < 5.2.1

Affected range stops below 2.11.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.6.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.5.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://node-postgres.com/announcements#2017-08-12-code-execution-vulnerability

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/521

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-94

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