CVE-2021-23222
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: March 2, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:38 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPostgreSQL
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A man-in-the-middle attacker can inject false responses to the client's first few queries, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 10.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.6.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022675PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/160c0258802d10b0600d7671b1bbea55d8e17d45Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-04Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2021-23222/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-522
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