Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting libpq package, versions [,14.22)[15.3,15.12)
Threat Intelligence
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- published8 May 2025
- disclosed13 Nov 2024
- creditCoby Abrams
Introduced: 13 Nov 2024
CVE-2024-10979 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade libpq to version 14.22, 15.12 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution via trusted PL/Perl, due to missing checks in plperl/plc_trusted.pl. A user with USAGE privilege on the language can bypass protections and expected containment to modify environment variables in such a way as to execute arbitrary code.