CVE-2017-16082

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - support@hackerone.com

Published

2018-06-07

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected products

• Pg Node Module (Hackerone)
• Pg (Node-postgres)

References

• https://node-postgres.com/announcements#2017-08-12-code-execution-vulnerability
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/521