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CVE-2017-16082
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-06-07T02:29:01.393 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:08:46.077

Summary

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.

Affected products

node-postgres — pg

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References

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