CVE-2023-2454

postgresql

HIGH 7.2

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 1.20 % · percentile 68 (2026-10-28)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2023-06-09 00:00 UTC
Updated: 2025-06-04 03:56 UTC
Assigner: redhat
NVD status: Modified

Description

schema_element defeats protective search_path changes; It was found that certain database calls in PostgreSQL could permit an authed attacker with elevated database-level privileges to execute arbitrary code.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-33939
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-2454

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2025-AVI-0760 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2025-AVI-0401 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Secure Analytics · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2025-AVI-0106 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2024-AVI-0641 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits NetApp · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2024-AVI-0119 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2023-AVI-0627 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans IBM Spectrum · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2023-AVI-0378 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans PostgreSQL · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.0 < 11.20
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.0 < 12.15
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.0 < 13.11
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0 < 14.8
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0 < 15.3
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
postgresql	affected PostgreSQL 15.3, PostgreSQL 14.8, PostgreSQL 13.11, PostgreSQL 12.15, PostgreSQL 11.20

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD