PostgreSQL optimizer statistics can expose sampled data within a view, partition, or child table
PostgreSQL optimizer statistics allow a user to read sampled data within a view that the user cannot access. Separately, statistics allow a user to read sampled data that a row security policy intended to hide. PostgreSQL maintains statistics for tables by sampling data available in columns; this data is consulted during the query planning process. Prior to this release, a user could craft a leaky operator that bypassed view access control lists (ACLs) and bypassed row security policies in partitioning or table inheritance hierarchies. Reachable statistics data notably included histograms and most-common-values lists. CVE-2017-7484 and CVE-2019-10130 intended to close this class of vulnerability, but this gap remained. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected.
Problem Types
Type | CWE ID | Description |
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CWE | CWE-1230 | Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Metadata |
Type: CWE
Description: Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Metadata
Metrics
Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
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3.1 | 3.1 | LOW | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Version: 3.1
Base score: 3.1
Base severity: LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N