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postgresql, postgresql14 and 1 more products — security advisory
A flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If an interactive psql session uses \gset when querying a compromised server, the attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system account running psql. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
- Products
- postgresql, postgresql14, postgresql15
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 11.10-r0, 12.5-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-25696
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:08 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If an interactive psql session uses \gset when querying a compromised server, the attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system account running psql. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2020-25696
postgresql
Fixed versions: 11.10-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 12.5-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 12.5-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 12.5-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 12.5-r0
postgresql
Fixed versions: 11.10-r0
postgresql14
Fixed versions: 12.5-r0
postgresql14
Fixed versions: 12.5-r0
postgresql14
Fixed versions: 12.5-r0
postgresql14
Fixed versions: 12.5-r0
postgresql15
Fixed versions: 12.5-r0
postgresql15
Fixed versions: 12.5-r0
postgresql15
Fixed versions: 12.5-r0
postgresql15
Fixed versions: 12.5-r0
Complete source record
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