PostgreSQL Multiple Vulnerabilities (Nov 2025) - Linux
🗓️ 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.155797");
script_version("2025-11-18T05:39:54+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-18 05:39:54 +0000 (Tue, 18 Nov 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-11-17 04:57:12 +0000 (Mon, 17 Nov 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2025-12817", "CVE-2025-12818");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("PostgreSQL Multiple Vulnerabilities (Nov 2025) - Linux");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Databases");
script_dependencies("gb_postgresql_consolidation.nasl",
"os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("postgresql/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PostgreSQL is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist:
- CVE-2025-12817: CREATE STATISTICS does not check for schema CREATE privilege
- CVE-2025-12818: libpq undersizes allocations, via integer wraparound");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PostgreSQL prior to version 13.23, 14.x prior to 14.20, 15.x
prior to 15.15, 16.x prior to 16.11, 17.x prior to 17.7 and 18.x prior to 18.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 13.23, 14.20, 15.15, 16.11, 17.7, 18.1 or
later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-181-177-1611-1515-1420-and-1323-released-3171/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2025-12817/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2025-12818/");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "13.23")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "13.23", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "14.0", test_version_up: "14.20")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "14.20", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "15.0", test_version_up: "15.15")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "15.15", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "16.0", test_version_up: "16.11")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "16.11", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "17.0", test_version_up: "17.7")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "17.7", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "18.0", test_version_up: "18.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "18.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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18 Nov 2025 00:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
CVSS 3.15.9
EPSS0.0034
SSVC