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CVE-2021-20229 json

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL in versions before 13.2.

published 2021-02-23 5 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-postgresql-2021-20229 , EUVD-2021-7668

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL in versions before 13.2. This flaw allows a user with SELECT privilege on one column to craft a special query that returns all columns of the table. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami postgresql 13.2.0
  • postgresql postgresql 13.2
  • postgresql-13 Debian 11 13.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20229

  • postgresql13 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 13.2-3.6.1
  • postgresql13 SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP2, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP2, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 13.2-5.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2021:0545-1SUSE-SU-2021:0543-1

  • postgresql17 openSUSE Tumbleweed 17.6-2.1
  • postgresql16 openSUSE Tumbleweed 16.4-1.1
  • postgresql13 openSUSE Tumbleweed 13.4-1.3
  • postgresql14 openSUSE Tumbleweed 14.5-2.1
  • postgresql15 openSUSE Tumbleweed 15.4-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15580-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14360-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11187-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12387-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13243-1

  • postgresql Alpine 3.12 12.6-r0
  • postgresql Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13 13.2-r0
  • postgresql13 Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18, Alpine 3.17 +2 more 13.2-r0
  • postgresql14 Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 +3 more 13.2-r0
  • postgresql15 Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 +1 more 13.2-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-20229

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • postgresql Arch Linux 13.2-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1567

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-2021-20229 updated cvss 3.1

postgresql: single-column SELECT privilege enables reading all columns

  • 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 available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat build of Quarkus postgresql Red Hat Decision Manager 7 postgresql Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libpq, pgaudit, pg_repack, postgresql, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, +8 more 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
    +3 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 postgresql Red Hat Process Automation 7 postgresql Red Hat Software Collections rh-postgresql10-postgresql, rh-postgresql12-postgresql, rh-postgresql10-postgresql-libs, rh-postgresql10-postgresql-test, rh-postgresql12-postgresql-libs, rh-postgresql12-postgresql-test, +16 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami postgresql
>=13.0.0, <13.2.0
13.2.0

Affected products

  • n/a PostgreSQL

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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