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TI-2023-21740 Aliases CVE-2023-41119GHSA-jrqw-cwpm-3q7j

An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32…

Priority LOW 39CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32, 12.x before 12.16.20, 13.x before 13.12.16, 14.x before 14.9.0, and 15.x before 15.4.0. It contains the function _dbms_aq_move_to_exception_queue that may be used to elevate a user's privileges to superuser. This function accepts the OID of a table, and then accesses that table as the superuser by using SELECT and DML commands.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00625 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:enterprisedb:postgres_advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 11.21.32; 12.0.0 to before 12.16.20; 13.0.0 to before 13.12.17; 14.0.0 to before 14.9.0; 15.0.0 to before 15.4.0VulnerableEnterpriseDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:enterprisedb:postgres_advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 11.21.32; 12.0.0 to before 12.16.20; 13.0.0 to before 13.12.17; 14.0.0 to before 14.9.0; 15.0.0 to before 15.4.0 Vulnerable ·EnterpriseDB

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-41119
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jrqw-cwpm-3q7j
  3. 2026-11-03 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-21738 An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-21739 An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-14779 EnterpriseDB EDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 14.6.0 logs unredacted passwords… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2007-04491 EnterpriseDB Advanced Server 8.2 does not properly handle certain debugging function… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2023-21736 An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2023-21735 An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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