{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16850","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:14:56.648216Z","published":"2018-11-08T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3818-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-16850"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16850"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1905/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3818-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16850"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"postgresql-10","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/postgresql-10@10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"}]}],"versions":["10.1-1","10.1-2","10.2-1","10.3-1","10.4-0ubuntu0.18.04","10.5-0ubuntu0.18.04"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"libecpg-compat3"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"libecpg-dev"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"libecpg6"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"libpgtypes3"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"libpq-dev"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"libpq5"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"postgresql-10"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"postgresql-client-10"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"postgresql-doc-10"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"postgresql-plperl-10"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"postgresql-plpython-10"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"postgresql-plpython3-10"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"postgresql-pltcl-10"},{"binary_version":"10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"postgresql-server-dev-10"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16850.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}