5.9

CVE-2021-23222: postgresql Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 5.9v3.1MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2021-23222RHSA-2022:1891UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23222
Published 02-03-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-23222 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in postgresql. EPSS estimates a 1.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.50%
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 30 · Related 24
DLA-2817-1DSA-5006-1DSA-5007-1MGASA-2021-0523OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1584-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:3758-1

Timeline

  1. 02-03-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A man-in-the-middle attacker can inject false responses to the client's first few queries, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.50% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.50%

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

Redhat5 products
  • libpq< 0:13.5-1.el8
  • libpq-debuginfo< 0:13.5-1.el8
  • libpq-debugsource< 0:13.5-1.el8
  • libpq-devel< 0:13.5-1.el8
  • libpq-devel-debuginfo< 0:13.5-1.el8
Alpine4 products
  • postgresql≥ 9.6, < 12.9-r0 | ≥ 9.6, < 13.5-r0
  • postgresql13< 13.5-r0
  • postgresql14< 14.1-r0
  • postgresql15< 14.1-r0
Ubuntu4 products
  • postgresql-10< 10.19-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • postgresql-12< 12.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • postgresql-9.3All versions (No fix recorded)
  • postgresql-9.5< 9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3
Debian1 product
  • postgresql-13< 13.5-0+deb11u1
Postgresql1 product
  • postgresql≥ 9.6, < 9.6.24 | ≥ 10.0, < 10.19 | ≥ 11.0, < 11.14 | ≥ 12.0, < 12.9 | ≥ 13.0, < 13.5 | 14.0

5 vendors · 15 products

References

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