VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-5424

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability4.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-12-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 might allow remote authenticated users with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE role to gain superuser privileges via a (1) " (double quote), (2) \ (backslash), (3) carriage return, or (4) newline character in a (a) database or (b) role name that is mishandled during an administrative operation.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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