Security News > 2024 > November > High-Severity Flaw in PostgreSQL Allows Hackers to Exploit Environment Variables
2024-11-15 06:40
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the PostgreSQL open-source database system that could allow unprivileged users to alter environment variables, and potentially lead to code execution or information disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-10979, carries a CVSS score of 8.8. Environment variables are user-defined values that can allow a program
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-14 | CVE-2024-10979 | Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere vulnerability in Postgresql Incorrect control of environment variables in PostgreSQL PL/Perl allows an unprivileged database user to change sensitive process environment variables (e.g. | 8.8 |