CVSS 3.0
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-16082
A remote code execution vulnerability was found within the pg module when the remote database or query specifies a specially crafted column name. There are 2 likely scenarios in which one would likely be vulnerable. 1) Executing unsafe, user-supplied sql which contains a malicious column name. 2) Connecting to an untrusted database and executing a query which returns results where any of the column names are malicious.
Severity
- EPSS
- 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-94
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- node-postgres:pg
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5 | npm | pg | <2.11.2 | 2.11.2 |
| GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5 | npm | pg | >=3.0.0 <3.6.4 | 3.6.4 |
| GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5 | npm | pg | >=4.0.0 <4.5.7 | 4.5.7 |
| GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5 | npm | pg | >=5.0.0 <5.2.1 | 5.2.1 |
| GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5 | npm | pg | >=6.0.0 <6.0.5 | 6.0.5 |
| GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5 | npm | pg | >=6.1.0 <6.1.6 | 6.1.6 |
| GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5 | npm | pg | >=6.2.0 <6.2.5 | 6.2.5 |
| GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5 | npm | pg | >=6.3.0 <6.3.3 | 6.3.3 |
| GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5 | npm | pg | >=6.4.0 <6.4.2 | 6.4.2 |
| GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5 | npm | pg | >=7.0.0 <7.0.2 | 7.0.2 |
| GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5 | npm | pg | >=7.1.0 <7.1.2 | 7.1.2 |