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CVE-2018-16850

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 13, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsUbuntu LinuxEnterprise LinuxPostgreSQL

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

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.

Affected

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

Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
18.0418.10
PostgreSQL· PostgreSQL
95%
10.0 ≤ v < 10.611.0 ≤ v < 11.110.611.1
Affected range stops below 10.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Enterprise Linux· Red Hatrpm
95%
7.07.47.57.6

References (7)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105923
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042144
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3757
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16850
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOMitigationThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3818-1/
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-89

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