CVE-2000-1199: PostgreSQL

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases.

Affected products

• PostgreSQL PostgreSQL: version 6.3.2 only; version 6.5.3 only

Published 2001-08-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.