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CVE-2018-1058 in the critical feed json

A flaw was found in the way Postgresql allowed a user to modify the behavior of a query for other users.

published 2018-03-02 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-11711

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.1%
EPSS 13.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in the way Postgresql allowed a user to modify the behavior of a query for other users. An attacker with a user account could use this flaw to execute code with the permissions of superuser in the database. Versions 9.3 through 10 are affected.

Patch / fix

  • postgresql postgresql 9.3.22, 9.4.17, 9.5.12, 9.6.8, 10.3
  • postgresql-10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 10.3-1
  • postgresql-9.3 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 9.3.22-0ubuntu0.14.04
  • postgresql-9.5 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 9.5.12-0ubuntu0.16.04

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1058

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cfme cloudforms managementengine 5.9 5.9.6.5-3.el7cf
  • cfme-gemset cloudforms managementengine 5.9 5.9.6.5-2.el7cf
  • postgresql96 cloudforms managementengine 5.9 9.6.10-1PGDG.el7at
  • cfme-appliance cloudforms managementengine 5.9 5.9.6.5-1.el7cf
  • dbus-api-service cloudforms managementengine 5.9 1.0.1-3.1.el7cf
  • postgresql96-libs cloudforms managementengine 5.9 9.6.10-1PGDG.el7at
  • postgresql96-test cloudforms managementengine 5.9 9.6.10-1PGDG.el7at
  • postgresql96-pltcl cloudforms managementengine 5.9 9.6.10-1PGDG.el7at

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3816RHSA-2018:2566RHSA-2018:2511

  • postgresql94 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +1 more 9.4.17-21.19.1
  • postgresql94-libs SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2 9.4.17-21.19.1
  • postgresql96 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +4 more 9.6.8-3.16.1
  • postgresql96-libs SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 9.6.8-3.16.1
  • postgresql94 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 9.4.17-0.23.16.1
  • postgresql94-libs SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 9.4.17-0.23.16.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0876-1SUSE-SU-2018:0756-1SUSE-SU-2018:0755-1

  • kubectl-cnpg openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.29.2-1.1
  • postgresql10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.18-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11167-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11184-1

  • postgresql Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13, Alpine 3.12 +5 more 10.3-r0
  • postgresql Alpine 3.4 9.5.12-r0
  • postgresql Alpine 3.6, Alpine 3.5 9.6.8-r0
  • postgresql14 Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 +3 more 10.3-r0
  • postgresql15 Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 +1 more 10.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-1058

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • postgresql Arch Linux 10.3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-643

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-2018-1058 updated cvss 8.8

postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in pg_dump and other client applications

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 postgresql94, postgresql94-libs, postgresql94-test, postgresql94-pltcl, postgresql94-plperl, postgresql94-server, +2 more 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 postgresql95-postgresql Red Hat Software Collections rh-postgresql94-postgresql, rh-postgresql94-postgresql-libs, rh-postgresql94-postgresql-test, rh-postgresql94-postgresql-pltcl, rh-postgresql94-postgresql-plperl, rh-postgresql94-postgresql-server, +3 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Upstream suggests the following mitigation can be used to protect against this security flaw: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/A_Guide_to_CVE-2018-1058:_Protect_Your_Search_Path”
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.9 cfme 5.9.6.5-3.el7cf, cfme-gemset 5.9.6.5-2.el7cf, cfme-appliance 5.9.6.5-1.el7cf, postgresql96 9.6.10-1PGDG.el7at, dbus-api-service 1.0.1-3.1.el7cf, cfme-appliance-tools 5.9.6.5-1.el7cf, +10 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Upstream suggests the following mitigation can be used to protect against this security flaw: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/A_Guide_to_CVE-2018-1058:_Protect_Your_Search_Path” RHSA-2018:3816
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.14-1.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.10-1.el6, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.14-1.el6, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.14-1.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.10-1.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-test 9.6.10-1.el6, +13 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.10-1.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.10-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-test 9.6.10-1.el7, +13 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.14-1.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.10-1.el6, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.14-1.el6, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.14-1.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.10-1.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-test 9.6.10-1.el6, +13 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.10-1.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.10-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-test 9.6.10-1.el7, +13 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.10-1.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.10-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-test 9.6.10-1.el7, +13 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.10-1.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.10-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-test 9.6.10-1.el7, +13 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.14-1.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.10-1.el6, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.14-1.el6, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.14-1.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.10-1.el6, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-test 9.6.10-1.el6, +13 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-postgresql95-postgresql 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql 9.6.10-1.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test 9.5.14-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-libs 9.6.10-1.el7, rh-postgresql96-postgresql-test 9.6.10-1.el7, +13 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Upstream suggests the following mitigation can be used to protect against this security flaw: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/A_Guide_to_CVE-2018-1058:_Protect_Your_Search_Path” RHSA-2018:2511
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 pgaudit, pg_repack, postgresql, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, postgresql-plperl, +7 more Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 postgresql Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 postgresql Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 postgresql Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 postgresql Red Hat Software Collections rh-postgresql10-postgresql, rh-postgresql10-postgresql-libs, rh-postgresql10-postgresql-test, rh-postgresql10-postgresql-pltcl, rh-postgresql10-postgresql-plperl, rh-postgresql10-postgresql-server, +5 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

13.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • The PostgreSQL Global Development Group postgresql

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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