CVE-2020-1720

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS Score

Published: March 17, 2020 at 03:28 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:02 AM UTC

4 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise LinuxPostgreSQLSoftware Collections

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Severity

MEDIUM6.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL's "ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION", where sub-commands did not perform authorization checks. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw in certain configurations to perform drop objects such as function, triggers, et al., leading to database corruption. This issue affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.2, before 11.7, before 10.12 and before 9.6.17.

Affected

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

PostgreSQL · PostgreSQL

95%

10.0 ≤ v < 10.1211.0 ≤ v < 11.712.0 ≤ v < 12.29.6 ≤ v < 9.6.1710.12 11.7 12.2 9.6.17

Affected range stops below 10.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 11.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 12.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.6.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Decision Manager · Red Hatrpm

95%

7.0

Enterprise Linux · Red Hatrpm

95%

8.0

Software Collections · Red Hatrpm

95%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-285CWE-862

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