A flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If an interactive psql session uses \gset when querying a compromised server, the attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system account running psql. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2020-11-23T21:15:47

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:40:36.672Z

Reserved: 2020-09-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-25696

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-23T22:15:12.257

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:18:30.003

Link: CVE-2020-25696

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-11-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-25696 - Bugzilla