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pgextwlist, postgresql-15 — security advisory
IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct (dollar quoting, '', or ""). If an administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with database-level CREATE privilege can execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser.
- Products
- pgextwlist, postgresql-15
- Affected versions
- 1.15-2, 1.19-1, 1.19-2, 15.3-0+deb12u1, 15.3-1, 15.4-0+deb12u1, 15.4-1, 15.4-2, 15.4-3
- Fixed versions
- 1.15-2+deb12u1, 1.19-1+deb13u1, 1.20-1, 15.5-0+deb12u1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-39417
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct (dollar quoting, '', or ""). If an administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with database-level CREATE privilege can execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39417
pgextwlist
Fixed versions: 1.15-2+deb12u1
pgextwlist
Fixed versions: 1.19-1+deb13u1
pgextwlist
Fixed versions: 1.20-1
postgresql-15
Fixed versions: 15.5-0+deb12u1
Complete source record
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