CVE-2025-12817

Description

Missing authorization in PostgreSQL CREATE STATISTICS command allows a table owner to achieve denial of service against other CREATE STATISTICS users by creating in any schema. A later CREATE STATISTICS for the same name, from a user having the CREATE privilege, would then fail. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.1, 17.7, 16.11, 15.15, 14.20, and 13.23 are affected.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.1•LOW•Score: 3.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.23%• Percentile: 14%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-862•Missing Authorization

  The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

Affected Systems

• alpine•postgresql15

  < 15.15-r0 | < 15.15-r0

• alpine•postgresql16

  < 16.11-r0 | < 16.11-r0 | < 16.11-r0 | < 16.11-r0

• alpine•postgresql17

  < 17.7-r0 | < 17.7-r0 | < 17.7-r0 | < 17.7-r0

• alpine•postgresql18

  < 18.1-r0 | < 18.1-r0

• debian•postgresql-13

  < 13.23-0+deb11u1

• debian•postgresql-15

  < 15.15-0+deb12u1

• debian•postgresql-17

  < 17.7-0+deb13u1

• debian•postgresql-18

  < 18.1-1

References (3)

• https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2025-12817/
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-12817
• https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-12817