CVE-2023-41119
HIGHDescription
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.
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 46% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-12635 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2022-24637 | Critical | 9.8 | 99% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2017-5689 | Critical | 9.8 | 92% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2020-3243 | Critical | 9.8 | 88% | - | - |
| CVE-2024-21888 | High | 8.8 | 87% | - | - |
| CVE-2022-0441 | Critical | 9.8 | 85% | - | Fix |
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