CVE-2023-41119

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32, 12.x before 12.16.20, 13.x before 13.12.16, 14.x before 14.9.0, and 15.x before 15.4.0. It contains the function _dbms_aq_move_to_exception_queue that may be used to elevate a user's privileges to superuser. This function accepts the OID of a table, and then accesses that table as the superuser by using SELECT and DML commands.

Affected products

EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server: before 11.21.32; from 12.0.0 before 12.16.20; from 13.0.0 before 13.12.17; from 14.0.0 before 14.9.0; from 15.0.0 before 15.4.0 — fixed in 11.21.32, 12.16.20, 13.12.17, 14.9.0, 15.4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server 11.21.32, 12.16.20, 13.12.17, 14.9.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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