CVE-2022-1552
HIGH 8.8EPSS 16.0%
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL. There is an issue with incomplete efforts to operate safely when a privileged user is maintaining another user's objects. The Autovacuum, REINDEX, CREATE INDEX, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW, CLUSTER, and pg_amcheck commands activated relevant protections too late or not at all during the process. This flaw allows an attacker with permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema to execute arbitrary SQL functions under a superuser identity.
- Affected
- postgresql
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 8.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 15.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 97th percentile
- Published
- 2022-08-31
- Updated
- 2024-08-03
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- brunoh6/postgresql-cve-exploitation0★ · 2025-06-11
Security advisories
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-143-137-1211-1116-and-1021-released-2449
- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2022-1552
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1552
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2081126
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-04
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0005