CVE-2022-1552 Privilege escalation in postgresql

What is CVE-2022-1552?

CVE-2022-1552 is a high-severity vulnerability in Postgresql Postgresql, published on 31 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL. There is an issue with incomplete efforts to operate safely when a privileged user is maintaining another user's objects. The Autovacuum, REINDEX, CREATE INDEX, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW, CLUSTER, and pg_amcheck commands activated relevant protections too late or not at all during the process. This flaw allows an attacker with permission to create non-temporary objects in at least one schema to execute arbitrary SQL functions under a superuser identity.

Weakness: CWE-89, CWE-459

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1552?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including postgresql. It affects 1 product.

Products include Postgresql Postgresql.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1552?

Upgrade postgresql to a fixed version for your release line: 10.21.0, 11.16.0, 12.11.0 or 13.7.0.

Is CVE-2022-1552 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1552 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Postgresql Postgresql

• CVE-2013-1902 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-1903 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2007-3279 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2002-1399 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2016-3065 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 9.1

All Postgresql Postgresql vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-1552, ALSA-2022:4805, ALSA-2022:4807, AZL-10826, BIT-postgresql-2022-1552, CLEANSTART-2026-DL32115 and 43 more.