CVE-2021-3515
MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: June 1, 2021 at 01:31 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:05 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPglogical
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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
A shell injection flaw was found in pglogical in versions before 2.3.4 and before 3.6.26. An attacker with CREATEDB privileges on a PostgreSQL server can craft a database name that allows execution of shell commands as the postgresql user when calling pglogical.create_subscription().
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 2.3.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.6.26, 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:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954112CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77CWE-78
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