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postgresql, postgresql13 and 2 more products — security advisory
A man-in-the-middle attacker can inject false responses to the client's first few queries, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption.
- Products
- postgresql, postgresql13, postgresql14, postgresql15
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 12.9-r0, 13.5-r0, 14.1-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-23222
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A man-in-the-middle attacker can inject false responses to the client's first few queries, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2021-23222
postgresql
Fixed versions: 12.9-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 12.9-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 13.5-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 13.5-r0
postgresql13
Fixed versions: 13.5-r0
postgresql13
Fixed versions: 13.5-r0
postgresql14
Fixed versions: 14.1-r0
postgresql14
Fixed versions: 14.1-r0
postgresql14
Fixed versions: 14.1-r0
postgresql14
Fixed versions: 14.1-r0
postgresql15
Fixed versions: 14.1-r0
postgresql15
Fixed versions: 14.1-r0
postgresql15
Fixed versions: 14.1-r0
postgresql15
Fixed versions: 14.1-r0
Complete source record
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