CVE-2017-16082
A remote code execution vulnerability was found within the pg module when the remote database or query specifies a specially crafted…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 10.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability was found within the pg module when the remote database or query specifies a specially crafted column name. There are 2 likely scenarios in which one would likely be vulnerable. 1) Executing unsafe, user-supplied sql which contains a malicious column name. 2) Connecting to an untrusted database and executing a query which returns results where any of the column names are malicious.
Timeline
ID reserved
By hackerone
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.4% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
- affected < 2.11.2 || >= 3.0.0 < 3.6.4 || >= 4.0.0 < 4.5.7 || >= 5.0.0 < 5.2.1 || >= 6.0.0 < 6.0.5 || >= 6.1.0 < 6.1.6 || >= 6.2.0 < 6.2.5 || >= 6.3.0 < 6.3.3 || >= 6.4.0 < 6.4.2 || >= 7.0.0 < 7.0.2 || >= 7.1.0 < 7.1.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References
2
- https://node-postgres.com/announcements#2017-08-12-code-execution-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/521 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0331 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wc9v-mj63-m9g5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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