CVE-2006-0553: PostgreSQL

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

PostgreSQL 8.1.0 through 8.1.2 allows authenticated database users to gain additional privileges via "knowledge of the backend protocol" using a crafted SET ROLE to other database users, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0678.

Affected products

• PostgreSQL PostgreSQL: version 8.1.0 only; version 8.1.1 only; version 8.1.2 only

Published 2006-02-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.