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CVE-2023-5870

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL involving the pg_cancel_backend role that signals background workers, including the logical replication launcher, autovacuum workers, and the autovacuum launcher. Successful exploitation requires a non-core extension with a less-resilient background worker and would affect that specific background worker only. This issue may allow a remote high privileged user to…

Severity
Medium 4.4
Published
10 Dec 2023
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
16 Oct 2026
Fixed in
11.22, 12.17, 13.13, 14.10, 15.5
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
PostgreSQLServers and applications · cpe:a:postgresql:postgresql
  • From 11.0 before 11.22
  • From 12.0 before 12.17
  • From 13.0 before 13.13
  • From 14.0 before 14.10
  • From 15.0 before 15.5
  • Version 16.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5870
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5870