CVE-2017-16082
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 10.5% (pctl 96)
Patch early
EPSS 10.5% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 10.52% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-06-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| node-postgres | pg |
References
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