8.8

CVE-2017-7547: postgresql Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-7547UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7547
Published 16-08-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7547 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in postgresql. EPSS estimates a 5.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.58%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 5
DLA-1051-1DSA-3935-1DSA-3936-1MGASA-2017-0316RHSA-2017:2677RHSA-2017:2678

Timeline

  1. 16-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

PostgreSQL versions before 9.2.22, 9.3.18, 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to authorization flaw allowing remote authenticated attackers to retrieve passwords from the user mappings defined by the foreign server owners without actually having the privileges to do so.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.58% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
5.58%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine3 products
  • postgresql< 9.6.4-r0 | < 9.4.13-r0 | < 9.5.8-r0
  • postgresql14< 9.6.4-r0
  • postgresql15< 9.6.4-r0
Ubuntu2 products
  • postgresql-9.3< 9.3.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • postgresql-9.5< 9.5.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Postgresql1 product
  • postgresqlEOL9.2.x before 9.2.22 | 9.3.x before 9.3.18 | 9.4.x before 9.4.13 | 9.5.x before 9.5.8 | 9.6.x before 9.6.4 | 9.2 | 9.2.1 | 9.2.2 | 9.2.3 | 9.2.4 | 9.2.5 | 9.2.6 | 9.2.7 | 9.2.8 | 9.2.9 | 9.2.10 | 9.2.11 | 9.2.12 | 9.2.13 | 9.2.14 | 9.2.15 | 9.2.16 | 9.2.17 | 9.2.18 | 9.2.19 | 9.2.20 | 9.2.21 | 9.3 | 9.3.1 | 9.3.2 | 9.3.3 | 9.3.4 | 9.3.5 | 9.3.6 | 9.3.7 | 9.3.8 | 9.3.9 | 9.3.10 | 9.3.11 | 9.3.12 | 9.3.13 | 9.3.14 | 9.3.15 | 9.3.16 | 9.3.17 | 9.4 | 9.4.1 | 9.4.2 | 9.4.3 | 9.4.4 | 9.4.5 | 9.4.6 | 9.4.7 | 9.4.8 | 9.4.9 | 9.4.10 | 9.4.11 | 9.4.12 | 9.5 | 9.5.1 | 9.5.2 | 9.5.3 | 9.5.4 | 9.5.5 | 9.5.6 | 9.5.7 | 9.6 | 9.6.1 | 9.6.2 | 9.6.3

3 vendors · 6 products

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