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CVE-2021-33204

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-05-19 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the pg_partman (aka PG Partition Manager) extension before 4.5.1 for PostgreSQL, arbitrary code execution can be achieved via SECURITY DEFINER functions because an explicit search_path is not set.

Affected products

• Pgxn Pg Partman: before 4.5.1 — fixed in 4.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pgxn Pg Partman 4.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/commit/0b6565ad378c358f8a6cd1d48ddc482eb7f854d3
• https://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/compare/v4.5.0...v4.5.1
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0006/
• https://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/commit/0b6565ad378c358f8a6cd1d48ddc482eb7f854d3
• https://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/compare/v4.5.0...v4.5.1
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0006/

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