CVE-2022-26520
In pgjdbc before 42.3.3, an attacker (who controls the jdbc URL or properties) can call java.util.logging.FileHandler to write to arbitrary files through the loggerFile and loggerLevel connection
02 Description
In pgjdbc before 42.3.3, an attacker (who controls the jdbc URL or properties) can call java.util.logging.FileHandler to write to arbitrary files through the loggerFile and loggerLevel connection
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
- 2.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.2% 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:3.1/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
- 2022-03-07 17:00Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 05:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-03-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-552Files or Directories Accessible to External PartiesBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 21abe81542dcfacbad083ca7214e79644d31e65183c4be27afe2f702ef92b3f6
05 Affected products
06 References
- jdbc.postgresql.orghttps://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/changelog.html#version_42.3.3
- github.comhttps://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-673j-qm5f-xpv8
- github.comhttps://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/pull/2454/commits/017b929977b4f85795f9ad2fa5de6e80978b8ccc
- jdbc.postgresql.orghttps://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/head/tomcat.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-5196https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5196
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libpgjava Fixed in 42.3.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libpgjava Fixed in 42.3.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libpgjava Fixed in 42.3.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.