CVE-2021-20229

MEDIUM

PostgreSQL < 13.2 - Unauthorized Column Access via SELECT Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925296
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210326-0005/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-32

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 24.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (5)
fedoraproject/fedora 33
postgresql/postgresql 13.0 - 13.2
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat/software_collections
Published Feb 23, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026