CVE-2022-41862

LOW
3.7
CVSS Score
Published: March 3, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:03 AM UTC
6 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraEnterprise LinuxPostgreSQL

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Severity
LOW3.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In PostgreSQL, a modified, unauthenticated server can send an unterminated string during the establishment of Kerberos transport encryption. In certain conditions a server can cause a libpq client to over-read and report an error message containing uninitialized bytes.

Affected

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

12.0 ≤ v < 12.1413.0 ≤ v < 13.1014.0 ≤ v < 14.715.0 ≤ v < 15.211.1912.1413.1014.75.2
Affected range stops below 12.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

3.7LOWCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200NVD-CWE-noinfo

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