CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-38140
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
The set_user extension module before 2.0.1 for PostgreSQL allows a potential privilege escalation using RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION after set_user().
Affected configurations
• set user project set user (< 2.0.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user/compare/REL2_0_0...REL2_0_1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user/releases/tag/REL2_0_1 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user/compare/REL2_0_0...REL2_0_1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user/releases/tag/REL2_0_1 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory