{"cve":"CVE-2020-1720","nvd":{"published":"2020-03-17T16:15:11.127","modified":"2026-06-17T03:02:16.287","status":"Modified","description":"A flaw was found in PostgreSQL's \"ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION\", where sub-commands did not perform authorization checks. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw in certain configurations to perform drop objects such as function, triggers, et al., leading to database corruption. This issue affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.2, before 11.7, before 10.12 and before 9.6.17.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-862","CWE-285"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720","https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2011/","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1720"],"products":["postgresql:postgresql","redhat:decision_manager","redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:software_collections"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:03:08.679916934+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-1720","score":0.01183,"percentile":0.67772,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}