Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-7546

Title: Postgresql Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-7546.

CWE Category CWE-287

Published Date Aug 16, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

61.57%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-7546: PostgreSQL versions before 9.2.22, 9.3.18, 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to incorrect authentication flaw allowing remote attackers to gain access to database accounts with an empty password.

Impacted Vendors

postgresql 1

anynines 1

Reference Links

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100278 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2728 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2860 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/ http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100278 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2728 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2860 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns