PostgreSQL vulnerabilitiesNone on the known-exploited list.

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PostgreSQL has 174 published vulnerabilities across 6 products in our catalogue. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. The most affected product is PostgreSQL, with 165. If you run PostgreSQL software, patch the exploited flaws first.

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Products

Which PostgreSQL products have the most vulnerabilities?

PostgreSQL leads with 165 published vulnerabilities. Open a product to see its versions and which of its flaws criminals are already using.

Known exploited

Which PostgreSQL vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of PostgreSQL's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which PostgreSQL flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 92%

    In PostgreSQL 9.3 through 11.2, the "COPY TO/FROM PROGRAM" function allows superusers and users in the 'pg_execute_server_program' group to execute arbitrary code in the context of the database's operating system user.

    CVSS7.2Published1 Apr 2019
  2. 62%

    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.

    CVSS9.8Published16 Aug 2017
  3. 54%

    Argument injection vulnerability in PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9, and 9.0.x before 9.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file corruption), and allows remote authenticated...

    CVSS6.5Published4 Apr 2013
  4. 46%

    A flaw was found in PostgreSQL versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24.

    CVSS8.8Published16 Nov 2020
  5. 25%

    The Database Link library (dblink) in PostgreSQL 8.1 implements functions via CREATE statements that map to arbitrary libraries based on the C programming language, which allows remote authenticated superusers to map...

    CVSS9.0Published19 Jun 2007
  6. 16%

    A flaw was found in PostgreSQL. There is an issue with incomplete efforts to operate safely when a privileged user is maintaining another user's objects.

    CVSS8.8Published31 Aug 2022
  7. 14%

    Buffer overflow in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of arguments to a refcursor function (gram.y), which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow,...

    CVSS7.5Published1 Feb 2005
  8. 13%

    The bitsubstr function in backend/utils/adt/varbit.c in PostgreSQL 8.0.23, 8.1.11, and 8.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or have unspecified other impact via vectors...

    CVSS6.5Published2 Feb 2010
  9. 13%

    A flaw was found in the way Postgresql allowed a user to modify the behavior of a query for other users.

    CVSS8.8Published2 Mar 2018
  10. 10%

    PostgreSQL before 8.3.7, 8.2.13, 8.1.17, 8.0.21, and 7.4.25 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) by triggering a failure in the conversion of a localized error...

    CVSS4.0Published17 Mar 2009
Every product

All PostgreSQL products we track.

6 products, most vulnerabilities first. Find the ones you run, then open a product to see its versions and exploited flaws.

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Our catalogue lists 174 published vulnerabilities across 6 products and 886 versions from PostgreSQL.

None of PostgreSQL's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

PostgreSQL, with 165 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.

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