Description
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL's "ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION", where sub-commands did not perform authorization checks. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw in certain configurations to perform drop objects such as function, triggers, et al., leading to database corruption. This issue affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.2, before 11.7, before 10.12 and before 9.6.17.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html
Scores
CVSS v3
3.1
EPSS
0.0035
EPSS Percentile
57.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-862
CWE-285
Status
published
Products (4)
postgresql/postgresql
9.6 - 9.6.17
redhat/decision_manager
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
redhat/software_collections
Published
Mar 17, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026