What is CVE-2023-41119?

CVE-2023-41119 is a high-severity vulnerability in Enterprisedb Postgres Advanced Server, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-41119?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Enterprisedb Postgres Advanced Server

CVE-2023-41119

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.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.006 (46.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Enterprisedb Postgres_advanced_server
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-41119?: CVE-2023-41119 is a high-severity vulnerability in Enterprisedb Postgres Advanced Server, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-41119?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.