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CVE-2016-7048 json

The interactive installer in PostgreSQL before 9.3.15, 9.4.x before 9.4.10, and 9.5.x before 9.5.5 might allow remote attackers to execute…

published 2018-08-20 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7929

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The interactive installer in PostgreSQL before 9.3.15, 9.4.x before 9.4.10, and 9.5.x before 9.5.5 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging use of HTTP to download software.

Patch / fix

  • postgresql postgresql 9.1.24, 9.2.19, 9.3.15, 9.4.10, 9.5.5

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-7048 updated cvss 7.5

postgresql: Interactive installer downloads and executes software via plain HTTP

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 postgresql, postgresql92-postgresql Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 postgresql, postgresql84 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 postgresql, postgresql-libs, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, postgresql-plperl, postgresql-server, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 postgresql, postgresql-libs, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, postgresql-plperl, postgresql-server, +3 more Red Hat Satellite 5 postgresql92-postgresql Red Hat Software Collections postgresql92-postgresql, rh-postgresql94-postgresql, rh-postgresql95-postgresql, postgresql92-postgresql-libs, postgresql92-postgresql-test, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl, +20 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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