CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2022-26520
Critical (9.8). EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.postgresql:postgresql 42.3.3.
In pgjdbc before 42.3.3, an attacker (who controls the jdbc URL or properties) can call java.util.logging.FileHandler to write to arbitrary files through the loggerFile and loggerLevel connection properties. An example situation is that an attacker could create an executable JSP file under a Tomcat web root. NOTE: the vendor's position is that there is no pgjdbc vulnerability; instead, it is a vulnerability for any application to use the pgjdbc driver with untrusted connection properties
Severity
- EPSS
- 3.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 87% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- postgresql:postgresql_jdbc_driver
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-673j-qm5f-xpv8 | Maven | org.postgresql:postgresql | >=42.1.0 <42.3.3 | 42.3.3 |
| GHSA-727h-hrw8-jg8q | Maven | org.postgresql:postgresql | >=42.1.0 <42.3.3 | 42.3.3 |
References
- https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/pull/2454/commits/017b929977b4f85795f9ad2fa5de6e80978b8ccc
- https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-673j-qm5f-xpv8
- https://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/changelog.html#version_42.3.3
- https://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/head/tomcat.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5196