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CVE-2025-8715

Published: Aug 14, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

Description

Improper neutralization of newlines in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a user of the origin server to inject arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore the dump, via psql meta-commands inside a purpose-crafted object name. The same attacks can achieve SQL injection as a superuser of the restore target server. pg_dumpall, pg_restore, and pg_upgrade are also affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected. Versions before 11.20 are unaffected. CVE-2012-0868 had fixed this class of problem, but version 11.20 reintroduced it.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

PostgreSQL

affected
17 - < 17.6
affected
16 - < 16.10
affected
15 - < 15.14
affected
14 - < 14.19
affected
11.20 - < 13.22

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-93

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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