# CVE-2012-0866: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass security restrictions to execute privileged triggers on arbitrary data by installing them on attacker-owned tables.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Jul 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8fvr-fgp7-p77m

## What is CVE-2012-0866?

CVE-2012-0866 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Postgresql Postgresql, published on 18 Jul 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CREATE TRIGGER in PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.18, 8.4.x before 8.4.11, 9.0.x before 9.0.7, and 9.1.x before 9.1.3 does not properly check the execute permission for trigger functions marked SECURITY DEFINER, which allows remote authenticated users to execute otherwise restricted triggers on arbitrary data by installing the trigger on an attacker-owned table.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0866?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Postgresql Postgresql.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-0866?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2012-0866 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0866 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Postgresql Postgresql

- [CVE-2013-1902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1902/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-1903](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1903/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3279/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-1399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1399/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2016-3065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3065/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-0866 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-0866 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Postgresql Postgresql, published on 18 Jul 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0866 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Postgresql Postgresql. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0866/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0866/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0866
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0866
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-0866

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