CVE-2017-7485
In PostgreSQL 9.3.x before 9.3.17, 9.4.x before 9.4.12, 9.5.x before 9.5.7, and 9.6.x before 9.6.3, it was found that the PGREQUIRESSL…
- 5.9MediumCVSS base score
- 2.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 19% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In PostgreSQL 9.3.x before 9.3.17, 9.4.x before 9.4.12, 9.5.x before 9.5.7, and 9.6.x before 9.6.3, it was found that the PGREQUIRESSL environment variable was no longer enforcing a SSL/TLS connection to a PostgreSQL server. An active Man-in-the-Middle attacker could use this flaw to strip the SSL/TLS protection from a connection between a client and a server.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 37 days later
· 37 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Affected products
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group · PostgreSQL
- affected 9.3 - 9.6
References
9
- 1038476 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-3851 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2425 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1678 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1746/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1838 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 98461 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201710-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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-2017-16505 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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