CVE-2017-16082
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 10.4%
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.
- Affected
- HackerOne · pg node module
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 10.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile
- Published
- 2018-06-07
- Updated
- 2024-09-17
Proof-of-concept exploits (2)
- nulldreams/CVE-2017-160825★ · 2018-11-27
- ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2017-160820★ · 2020-11-30
Vulhub environments (1)
Security advisories
- https://node-postgres.com/announcements#2017-08-12-code-execution-vulnerability
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/521
- advisories/GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5