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postgresql, postgresql14 and 1 more products — security advisory
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.
- Products
- postgresql, postgresql14, postgresql15
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 11.1-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-16850
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2018-16850
postgresql
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql14
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql14
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql14
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql14
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql15
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql15
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql15
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
postgresql15
Fixed versions: 11.1-r0
Complete source record
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