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        "cveId": "CVE-2025-8715",
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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "PostgreSQL",
        "dateReserved": "2025-08-07T16:39:47.692Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-08-14T13:00:07.753Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-02-26T17:48:36.521Z"
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            "title": "PostgreSQL pg_dump newline in object name executes arbitrary code in psql client and in restore target server",
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Improper neutralization of newlines in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a user of the origin server to inject arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore the dump, via psql meta-commands inside a purpose-crafted object name.  The same attacks can achieve SQL injection as a superuser of the restore target server.  pg_dumpall, pg_restore, and pg_upgrade are also affected.  Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected.  Versions before 11.20 are unaffected.  CVE-2012-0868 had fixed this class of problem, but version 11.20 reintroduced it."
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                            "lang": "en",
                            "cweId": "CWE-93",
                            "type": "CWE",
                            "description": "Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')"
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                    ]
                }
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            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2025-8715/"
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                    "value": "attacker can direct pg_dump to a chosen origin server or has permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema that pg_dump will export"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "To block attacks against the psql client, use \"pg_restore --dbname\" instead of restore methods that involve \"psql\".  To block SQL injection against the restore target server, revoke the CREATE permission from non-superusers at the origin server."
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            "credits": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "The PostgreSQL project thanks Noah Misch for reporting this problem."
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                                        "Exploitation": "none"
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