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.
| Affected Version | Fixed In | Fix Published |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | 13.1 | 2020-11-12 |
| 12 | 12.5 | 2020-11-12 |
| 11 | 11.10 | 2020-11-12 |
| 10 | 10.15 | 2020-11-12 |
| 9.6 | 9.6.20 | 2020-11-12 |
| 9.5 | 9.5.24 | 2020-11-12 |
For more information about PostgreSQL versioning, please visit the versioning page.
| 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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