VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-16082

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability10.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability was found within the pg module when the remote database or query specifies a specially crafted column name. There are 2 likely scenarios in which one would likely be vulnerable. 1) Executing unsafe, user-supplied sql which contains a malicious column name. 2) Connecting to an untrusted database and executing a query which returns results where any of the column names are malicious.

Weakness classification

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

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