CVE-2007-3279: PostgreSQL

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

PostgreSQL 8.1 and probably later versions, when the PL/pgSQL (plpgsql) language has been created, grants certain plpgsql privileges to the PUBLIC domain, which allows remote attackers to create and execute functions, as demonstrated by functions that perform local brute-force password guessing attacks, which may evade intrusion detection.

Affected products

• PostgreSQL PostgreSQL: version 8.1 only

Published 2007-06-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.