CVE-2009-3230: PostgreSQL

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The core server component in PostgreSQL 8.4 before 8.4.1, 8.3 before 8.3.8, 8.2 before 8.2.14, 8.1 before 8.1.18, 8.0 before 8.0.22, and 7.4 before 7.4.26 does not use the appropriate privileges for the (1) RESET ROLE and (2) RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION operations, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6600.

Affected products

• PostgreSQL PostgreSQL: version 7.4 only; version 7.4.1 only; version 7.4.2 only; version 7.4.3 only; version 7.4.4 only; version 7.4.5 only; …

Published 2009-09-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.