Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PostgreSQL - CVE-2007-2138

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PostgreSQL - CVE-2007-2138

Published: October 19, 2018 / Updated: June 23, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111781
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-2138
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Affected software:
PostgreSQL

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to read and manipulate data.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in PostgreSQL before 7.3.19, 7.4.x before 7.4.17, 8.0.x before 8.0.13, 8.1.x before 8.1.9, and 8.2.x before 8.2.4 allows remote authenticated users, when permitted to call a SECURITY DEFINER function, to gain the privileges of the function owner, related to "search_path settings."


How to mitigate CVE-2007-2138

Install update from vendor's website.

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