Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Aug 11, 2023 12:19:15 UTC

CVE-2023-39418

A vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL with the use of the MERGE command, which fails to test new rows against row security policies defined for UPDATE and SELECT. If UPDATE and SELECT policies forbid some rows that INSERT policies do not forbid, a user could store such rows.

Base score3.1/ 10

SeverityLowCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityLow

Attack vectorNetworkAV

Attack complexityHighAC

Privileges requiredLowPR

User interactionNoneUI

ScopeUnchangedS

Confidentiality impactNoneC

Integrity impactLowI

Availability impactNoneA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityredhat

Last updatedNov 7, 2026 11:56:12 UTC

PublishedAug 11, 2023 12:19:15 UTC

ReservedAug 1, 2023 09:31:02 UTC