CVE-2017-7546
PostgreSQL versions before 9.2.22, 9.3.18, 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to incorrect authentication flaw allowing remote attackers to gain access to database accounts with an empty password.
02 Description
PostgreSQL versions before 9.2.22, 9.3.18, 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to incorrect authentication flaw allowing remote attackers to gain access to database accounts with an empty password.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 61.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-08-16 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 17:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-04-05
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- db7ad2966ae056aadd648c4a0bbb29d8f6b9fa27461fc406607b4aeaabcd99b5
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2728https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2728
- www.debian.orgDSA-3936http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3936
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2678https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2678
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2860https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2860
- www.securityfocus.com100278http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100278
- www.debian.orgDSA-3935http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3935
- www.securitytracker.com1039142http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039142
- www.postgresql.orghttps://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1772/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201710-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2677https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2677
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- postgresql Fixed in 9.6.4-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- postgresql-9.3 Fixed in 9.3.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- postgresql-9.5 Fixed in 9.5.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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