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CVE-2020-25695

Multiple features escape "security restricted operation" sandbox

An attacker having permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema can execute arbitrary SQL functions under the identity of a superuser.

While promptly updating PostgreSQL is the best remediation for most users, a user unable to do that can work around the vulnerability by disabling autovacuum and not manually running ANALYZE, CLUSTER, REINDEX, CREATE INDEX, VACUUM FULL, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW, or a restore from output of the pg_dump command. Performance may degrade quickly under this workaround.

VACUUM without the FULL option is safe, and all commands are fine when a trusted user owns the target object.

The PostgreSQL project thanks Etienne Stalmans for reporting this problem.

Version Information

Affected Version Fixed In Fix Published
13 13.1 Nov. 12, 2020
12 12.5 Nov. 12, 2020
11 11.10 Nov. 12, 2020
10 10.15 Nov. 12, 2020
9.6 9.6.20 Nov. 12, 2020
9.5 9.5.24 Nov. 12, 2020

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CVSS 3.0

Overall Score 8.8
Component core server
Vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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