Re: [PATCH] Add enable_copy_program GUC to control COPY PROGRAM

From: Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Ignat Remizov <ignat980(at)gmail(dot)com>, Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add enable_copy_program GUC to control COPY PROGRAM
Date: 2025-12-04 18:49:14
Message-ID: CALdSSPiZ0pj6Eh4rtoQE9=8n+O_Q4RmpVj+zsx52mxJWT1S7Yw@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 at 21:33, Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 at 11:56, Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > > One idea would be to disallow FROM PROGRAM when connecting over the
> > network instead of a Unix socke
> >
> > How this would be protected from connecting to PostgreSQL over the
> > network and then executing dblink, making local (socket) connection?
>
> Good question. I think the easiest would be to always disallow FROM
> PROGRAM (by default) instead of only when connecting over the network.

How? with GUC?

> Another option would be to have dblink (and pg_fdw) tell postgres (wih
> e.g. a GUC being set in the StartupMessage) that it should be
> considered a remote connection for these purposes.

Again, if we are using GUC to tell somebody something about security,
this doesn't work. Superuser can easily redefine any GUC.
--
Best regards,
Kirill Reshke

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