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CVE-2023-2454

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

schema_element defeats protective search_path changes; It was found that certain database calls in PostgreSQL could permit an authed attacker with elevated database-level privileges to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 38
• PostgreSQL: from 11.0 before 11.20; from 12.0 before 12.15; from 13.0 before 13.11; from 14.0 before 14.8; from 15.0 before 15.3 — fixed in 11.20, 12.15, 13.11, 14.8, 15.3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• RedHat Software Collections: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PostgreSQL 11.20, 12.15, 13.11, 14.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2454
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230706-0006/
• https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2023-2454/
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2454
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230706-0006/
• https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2023-2454/

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