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CVE-2020-14350 json

It was found that some PostgreSQL extensions did not use search_path safely in their installation script.

published 2020-08-24 6 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-postgresql-2020-14350 , EUVD-2020-6494 , JLSEC-2026-25

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

It was found that some PostgreSQL extensions did not use search_path safely in their installation script. An attacker with sufficient privileges could use this flaw to trick an administrator into executing a specially crafted script, during the installation or update of such extension. This affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.4, before 11.9, before 10.14, before 9.6.19, and before 9.5.23.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami postgresql 9.5.23, 9.6.19, 10.14.0, 11.9.0, 12.4.0
  • julia LibPQ_jll 14.1.0+0
  • postgresql postgresql 9.5.23, 9.6.19, 10.14, 11.9, 12.4
  • postgresql-10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 10.14-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • postgresql-12 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 12.4-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • postgresql-9.5 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 9.5.23-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14350

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  • postgresql RHEL 8 9.6.20-1.module+el8.3.0+8938+7f0e88b6
  • postgresql-test RHEL 8 9.6.20-1.module+el8.3.0+8938+7f0e88b6
  • postgresql-pltcl RHEL 8 9.6.20-1.module+el8.3.0+8938+7f0e88b6
  • postgresql-plperl RHEL 8 9.6.20-1.module+el8.3.0+8938+7f0e88b6
  • postgresql-server RHEL 8 9.6.20-1.module+el8.3.0+8938+7f0e88b6
  • postgresql-contrib RHEL 8 9.6.20-1.module+el8.3.0+8938+7f0e88b6
  • postgresql-plpython3 RHEL 8 9.6.20-1.module+el8.3.0+8938+7f0e88b6
  • postgresql-test-rpm-macros RHEL 8 9.6.20-1.module+el8.3.0+8938+7f0e88b6

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:0167RHSA-2021:0166RHSA-2021:0164RHSA-2021:0163RHSA-2020:5661RHSA-2020:5619

  • postgresql12 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +15 more 12.5-3.9.3
  • postgresql10 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +15 more 10.15-4.9.1
  • postgresql96 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP3-LTSS +8 more 9.6.20-6.8.1
  • postgresql10 SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP2, SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 +1 more 10.14-8.19.1
  • postgresql12 SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 12.4-3.11.1
  • postgresql12 SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP2, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 12.4-8.6.1
  • postgresql10 SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15-LTSS +1 more 10.14-4.25.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3630-1SUSE-SU-2020:3464-1SUSE-SU-2020:3477-1SUSE-SU-2020:2355-1SUSE-SU-2020:2271-1SUSE-SU-2020:2265-1

  • postgresql10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.18-1.3
  • postgresql11 openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.13-1.3
  • postgresql12 openSUSE Tumbleweed 12.8-1.3
  • postgresql10 openSUSE Leap 15.2 10.14-lp152.2.6.2
  • postgresql10 openSUSE Leap 15.1 10.14-lp151.2.18.1
  • postgresql12 openSUSE Leap 15.2 12.4-lp152.3.7.1
  • postgresql12 openSUSE Leap 15.1 12.4-lp151.6.1
  • postgresql12 openSUSE Leap 15.2 12.3-lp152.3.4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11184-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11185-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11186-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1326-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1312-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1244-1

  • postgres-decoderbufs AlmaLinux 8 0.10.0-2.module_el8.6.0+2760+1746ec94
  • postgres-decoderbufs AlmaLinux 8 0.10.0-2.module_el8.6.0+2758+4f4474df

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:5620

  • pgaudit Rocky Linux 8 1.4.0-4.module+el8.4.0+545+ca56da2e
  • postgres-decoderbufs Rocky Linux 8 0.10.0-2.module+el8.5.0+684+c3892ef9
  • postgres-decoderbufs Rocky Linux 8 0.10.0-2.module+el8.4.0+424+71d47d9a

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:5620

  • postgresql Alpine 3.10, Alpine 3.9 11.9-r0
  • postgresql Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13, Alpine 3.12 +1 more 12.4-r0
  • postgresql12 Alpine 3.18, Alpine 3.17, Alpine 3.16 +1 more 12.4-r0
  • postgresql14 Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 +3 more 12.4-r0
  • postgresql15 Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 +1 more 12.4-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-14350

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-14350 updated cvss 7.1

postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in CREATE EXTENSION

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 postgresql, postgresql84 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 postgresql, postgresql-libs, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, postgresql-plperl, postgresql-server, +2 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 postgresql, postgresql-libs, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, postgresql-plperl, postgresql-server, +3 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Storage 3 postgresql
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) pgaudit 1.4.0-4.module+el8.3.0+9042+664538f4, postgresql 12.5-1.module+el8.3.0+9042+664538f4, postgresql 10.14-1.module+el8.2.0+7801+be0fed80, postgresql 9.6.20-1.module+el8.3.0+8938+7f0e88b6, postgresql-test 12.5-1.module+el8.3.0+9042+664538f4, postgresql-pltcl 12.5-1.module+el8.3.0+9042+664538f4, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3669
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) postgresql 10.15-1.module+el8.0.0+9155+4a85661a, postgresql 9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def, postgresql-test 10.15-1.module+el8.0.0+9155+4a85661a, postgresql-pltcl 10.15-1.module+el8.0.0+9155+4a85661a, postgresql-test 9.6.20-1.module+el8.0.0+9157+356b8def, postgresql-plperl 10.15-1.module+el8.0.0+9155+4a85661a, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5664
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) postgresql 10.15-1.module+el8.1.0+9154+cd474635, postgresql 9.6.20-1.module+el8.1.0+9156+8ff1384f, postgresql-test 10.15-1.module+el8.1.0+9154+cd474635, postgresql-pltcl 10.15-1.module+el8.1.0+9154+cd474635, postgresql-test 9.6.20-1.module+el8.1.0+9156+8ff1384f, postgresql-plperl 10.15-1.module+el8.1.0+9154+cd474635, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0166
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) pgaudit 1.4.0-4.module+el8.2.0+9043+1dbb5661, postgresql 12.5-1.module+el8.2.0+9043+1dbb5661, postgresql 9.6.20-1.module+el8.2.0+8939+9a3b4b64, postgresql-test 12.5-1.module+el8.2.0+9043+1dbb5661, postgresql-pltcl 12.5-1.module+el8.2.0+9043+1dbb5661, postgresql-plperl 12.5-1.module+el8.2.0+9043+1dbb5661, +13 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0163
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-postgresql12-postgresql 12.4-1.el7, rh-postgresql10-postgresql 10.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.19-1.el7, rh-postgresql12-postgresql-libs 12.4-1.el7, rh-postgresql12-postgresql-test 12.4-1.el7, rh-postgresql10-postgresql-libs 10.14-1.el7, +27 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) rh-postgresql12-postgresql 12.4-1.el7, rh-postgresql10-postgresql 10.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.19-1.el7, rh-postgresql12-postgresql-libs 12.4-1.el7, rh-postgresql12-postgresql-test 12.4-1.el7, rh-postgresql10-postgresql-libs 10.14-1.el7, +27 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7) rh-postgresql12-postgresql 12.4-1.el7, rh-postgresql10-postgresql 10.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.19-1.el7, rh-postgresql12-postgresql-libs 12.4-1.el7, rh-postgresql12-postgresql-test 12.4-1.el7, rh-postgresql10-postgresql-libs 10.14-1.el7, +27 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-postgresql12-postgresql 12.4-1.el7, rh-postgresql10-postgresql 10.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.19-1.el7, rh-postgresql12-postgresql-libs 12.4-1.el7, rh-postgresql12-postgresql-test 12.4-1.el7, rh-postgresql10-postgresql-libs 10.14-1.el7, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5110
show 2 more
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 rhvm-appliance 4.4-20210310.0.el8ev Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts rhvm-appliance 4.4-20210310.0.el8ev
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0988
  • Red Hat build of Quarkus postgresql Red Hat Decision Manager 7 postgresql Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libpq Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 postgresql, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, postgresql-plperl, postgresql-server, postgresql-contrib, +4 more Red Hat Fuse 7 postgresql Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 postgresql
    +2 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 postgresql Red Hat Process Automation 7 postgresql
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami postgresql
>=9.5.0, <9.5.23
>=9.6.0, <9.6.19
>=10.0.0, <10.14.0
>=11.0.0, <11.9.0
>=12.0.0, <12.4.0
9.5.23
9.6.19
10.14.0
11.9.0
12.4.0
julia LibPQ_jll
<14.1.0+0
14.1.0+0

Affected products

  • n/a PostgreSQL

Classification

Weakness
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References

Sources

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