Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-25696

RCE

Title: \gset Arbitrary Code Execution in PostgreSQL psql

RCE, Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-25696.

CWE Category CWE-697
Published Date Nov 23, 2020
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.59%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-25696: A flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If an interactive psql session uses \gset when querying a compromised server, the attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system account running psql. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Impacted Vendors

P
postgresql 1
A
anynines 1

Reference Links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-131-125-1110-1015-9620-and-9524-released-2111/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-131-125-1110-1015-9620-and-9524-released-2111/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-25696 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.