8.8

CVE-2025-8714: postgresql-17

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighDeferred
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2025-8714RHSA-2025:16099UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8714
Published 14-08-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-8714 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in postgresql-17. EPSS estimates a 0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.76%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 49 · Related 25
DLA-4273-1MGASA-2025-0230OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15450-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15451-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15452-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15453-1

Timeline

  1. 14-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Untrusted data inclusion in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a malicious superuser 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. pg_dumpall is also affected. pg_restore is affected when used to generate a plain-format dump. This is similar to MySQL CVE-2024-21096. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.74% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.76%

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

Redhat13 products
  • postgresql< 0:9.2.24-9.el7_9.4
  • postgresql-contrib< 0:9.2.24-9.el7_9.4
  • postgresql-debuginfo< 0:9.2.24-9.el7_9.4
  • postgresql-devel< 0:9.2.24-9.el7_9.4
  • postgresql-docs< 0:9.2.24-9.el7_9.4
Ubuntu7 products
  • postgresql-10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • postgresql-12All versions (No fix recorded)
  • postgresql-14< 14.19-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • postgresql-16< 16.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
  • postgresql-17< 17.6-1
Alpine3 products
  • postgresql15< 15.14-r0
  • postgresql16< 16.10-r0
  • postgresql17< 17.6-r0
Debian2 products
  • postgresql-15< 15.19-0+deb12u1
  • postgresql-17< 17.6-0+deb13u1
Opensuse1 product
  • matrix-synapse&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.137.0-1.1

5 vendors · 26 products

References

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