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Vulnerability details: VCID-bjfv-tdu3-aaaf
Vulnerability ID VCID-bjfv-tdu3-aaaf
Aliases CVE-2020-25696
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-183 Permissive List of Allowed Inputs
CWE-270 Privilege Context Switching Error
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2020/CVE-2020-25696.html
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cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-25696.json
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-25696
cvssv3.1 8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25696
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25696
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25696
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1276
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4633-1
generic_textual Medium https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-131-125-1110-1015-9620-and-9524-released-2111/
cvssv3 7.5 https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2020-25696/
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2020/CVE-2020-25696.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-25696.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-25696
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-25696
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00005.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-07
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4633-1
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-131-125-1110-1015-9620-and-9524-released-2111/
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2020-25696/
1894430 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430
ASA-202011-14 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202011-14
AVG-1276 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1276
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-25696 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25696
RHSA-2020:5316 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5316
RHSA-2020:5317 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5317
RHSA-2020:5401 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5401
RHSA-2020:5567 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5567
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RHSA-2021:0057 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0057
RHSA-2021:0161 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0161
RHSA-2021:0163 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0163
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RHSA-2021:0167 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0167
USN-4633-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4633-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-25696.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

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none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25696
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25696
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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local

physical

low

high

none

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high

none

required

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high

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25696
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.44909
EPSS Score 0.00222
Published At April 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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