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postgresql-15 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2454

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.

Products
postgresql-15
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
15.3-0+deb12u1
CVEs
CVE-2023-2454
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 15:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2454

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Jun 2023, 19:15 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2454

postgresql-15

Fixed versions: 15.3-0+deb12u1

Complete source record
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  "id": "2295a3a909951f53843fc7b3e5934a2526b7a0886b76e466b2484c23f8f2088b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2454",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2454",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2454",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "postgresql-15",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "15.3-0+deb12u1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2454",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2454"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "15.3-0+deb12u1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "postgresql-15",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/postgresql-15?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2454.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T18:00:42.284211184Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2023-2454"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2454"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-2454",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 455133,
  "published_at": "2023-06-09T19:15:09.253+00:00"
}