CVE-2018-16850

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

postgresql before versions 11.1, 10.6 is vulnerable to a to SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING. Using a purpose-crafted trigger definition, an attacker can cause arbitrary SQL statements to run, with superuser privileges.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-89

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
The PostgreSQL Project	postgresql	11.1; 10.6

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105923Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042144Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3757Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16850Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3818-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105923Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042144Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3757Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16850Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3818-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 13, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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