CVE-2019-10129

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

A vulnerability was found in postgresql versions 11.x prior to 11.3. Using a purpose-crafted insert to a partitioned table, an attacker can read arbitrary bytes of server memory. In the default configuration, any user can create a partitioned table suitable for this attack. (Exploit prerequisites are the same as for CVE-2018-1052).

Affected products

PostgreSQL: from 11.0 before 11.3 — fixed in 11.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PostgreSQL 11.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10129
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-03
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1939/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10129
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-03
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1939/

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