CVE-2021-20229
MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: February 23, 2021 at 05:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:33 AM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraEnterprise LinuxPostgreSQL
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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL in versions before 13.2. This flaw allows a user with SELECT privilege on one column to craft a special query that returns all columns of the table. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
Affected range stops below 13.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925296Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-32x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210326-0005/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863
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