CVE-2018-16850

postgresql before versions 11.1, 10.6 is vulnerable to a to SQL injection in pg_upgrade and pg_dump via CREATE TRIGGER ... REFERENCING. Using a purpose-crafted trigger definition, an attacker can cause arbitrary SQL statements to run, with superuser privileges.

• CWE-89
• CWE-89

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105923Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042144Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3757Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16850Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3818-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105923Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042144Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3757Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16850Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-24Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3818-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Published

Nov 13, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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