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CVE-2018-16850

postgresql: SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump, via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING

Published Modified CWE 89
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat8.0CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Ubuntu (medium).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 3.0postgresql10.5-2.ph3
alpine 3.10postgresql11.1-r0
alpine 3.11postgresql11.1-r0
alpine 3.12postgresql11.1-r0
alpine 3.13postgresql11.1-r0
alpine 3.14postgresql11.1-r0
alpine 3.15postgresql1411.1-r0
alpine 3.16postgresql1411.1-r0
alpine 3.17postgresql14, postgresql1511.1-r0
alpine 3.18postgresql14, postgresql1511.1-r0
alpine 3.19postgresql14, postgresql1511.1-r0
alpine 3.20postgresql14, postgresql1511.1-r0
Show all 20 entries from 16 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 3.0postgresql10.5-2.ph3
alpine 3.10postgresql11.1-r0
alpine 3.11postgresql11.1-r0
alpine 3.12postgresql11.1-r0
alpine 3.13postgresql11.1-r0
alpine 3.14postgresql11.1-r0
alpine 3.15postgresql1411.1-r0
alpine 3.16postgresql1411.1-r0
alpine 3.17postgresql1411.1-r0
alpine 3.17postgresql1511.1-r0
alpine 3.18postgresql1411.1-r0
alpine 3.18postgresql1511.1-r0
alpine 3.19postgresql1411.1-r0
alpine 3.19postgresql1511.1-r0
alpine 3.20postgresql1411.1-r0
alpine 3.20postgresql1511.1-r0
alpine 3.9postgresql11.1-r0
ubuntu 18.04postgresql-1010.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMpostgresql-1010.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
ubuntu 18.10postgresql-1010.6-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

References

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