CVE-2023-41119

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:20 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPostgres Advanced Server

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32, 12.x before 12.16.20, 13.x before 13.12.16, 14.x before 14.9.0, and 15.x before 15.4.0. It contains the function _dbms_aq_move_to_exception_queue that may be used to elevate a user's privileges to superuser. This function accepts the OID of a table, and then accesses that table as the superuser by using SELECT and DML commands.

Affected

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

v < 11.21.3212.0.0 ≤ v < 12.16.2013.0.0 ≤ v < 13.12.1714.0.0 ≤ v < 14.9.015.0.0 ≤ v < 15.4.0
Affected range stops below 11.21.32, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.16.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.12.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.9.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.4.0, 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:

CVSS

8.8HIGHmitre
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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