Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting postgresql18 package, versions <0:18.3-1.2.hum1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-POSTGRESQL18-16063686
  • published15 Apr 2026
  • disclosed19 May 2010

Introduced: 19 May 2010

CVE-2010-1975  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 postgresql18 to version 0:18.3-1.2.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:8756.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postgresql18 package and not the postgresql18 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

PostgreSQL 7.4 before 7.4.29, 8.0 before 8.0.25, 8.1 before 8.1.21, 8.2 before 8.2.17, 8.3 before 8.3.11, and 8.4 before 8.4.4 does not properly check privileges during certain RESET ALL operations, which allows remote authenticated users to remove arbitrary parameter settings via a (1) ALTER USER or (2) ALTER DATABASE statement.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1