CVE-2025-8715 (GCVE-0-2025-8715)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-14 13:00
Modified
2025-08-15 03:55
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-93 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
Summary
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.
References
f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2025-8715/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a PostgreSQL Version: 17   < 17.6
Version: 16   < 16.10
Version: 15   < 15.14
Version: 14   < 14.19
Version: 11.20   < 13.22
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