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CVE-2017-15098: Invalid json_populate_recordset or jsonb_populate_recordset function calls in PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before…

HighCVSS 8.1 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 33/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 89.9% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: postgresql (Alpine:v3.10) 10.1-r0; postgresql14 (Alpine:v3.15) 10.1-r0; postgresql15 (Alpine:v3.17) 10.1-r0.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to postgresql (Alpine:v3.10) 10.1-r0; postgresql14 (Alpine:v3.15) 10.1-r0; postgresql15 (Alpine:v3.17) 10.1-r0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Invalid json_populate_recordset or jsonb_populate_recordset function calls in PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10, 9.4.x before 9.4.15, and 9.3.x before 9.3.20 can crash the server or disclose a few bytes of server memory.

Published
Nov 22, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.7% · 89th percentile

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Action score

33

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.7%

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Red Hat, Inc. postgresql

    • 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10, 9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20affected
Affected versions · NVD (20)

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • postgresql postgresql10
  • postgresql postgresql9.3
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.1
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.10
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.11
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.12
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.13
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.14
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.15
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.16
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.17
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.18
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.19
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.2
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.3
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.4
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.5
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.6
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.7
  • postgresql postgresql9.3.8

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Alpine:v3.10postgresqlbefore 10.1-r010.1-r0
Alpine:v3.15postgresql14before 10.1-r010.1-r0
Alpine:v3.17postgresql15before 10.1-r010.1-r0
Alpine:v3.3postgresqlbefore 9.4.15-r09.4.15-r0
Alpine:v3.4postgresqlbefore 9.5.10-r09.5.10-r0
Alpine:v3.5postgresqlbefore 9.6.6-r09.6.6-r0
Debian:8postgresql-9.4before 9.4.15-0+deb8u19.4.15-0+deb8u1
Debian:9postgresql-9.6before 9.6.6-0+deb9u19.6.6-0+deb9u1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedpostgresql10before 10.18-1.310.18-1.3
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql95-postgresqlbefore 0:9.5.14-1.el60:9.5.14-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql95-postgresql-contribbefore 0:9.5.14-1.el60:9.5.14-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql95-postgresql-debuginfobefore 0:9.5.14-1.el60:9.5.14-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql95-postgresql-develbefore 0:9.5.14-1.el60:9.5.14-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql95-postgresql-docsbefore 0:9.5.14-1.el60:9.5.14-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libsbefore 0:9.5.14-1.el60:9.5.14-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql95-postgresql-plperlbefore 0:9.5.14-1.el60:9.5.14-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql95-postgresql-plpythonbefore 0:9.5.14-1.el60:9.5.14-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql95-postgresql-pltclbefore 0:9.5.14-1.el60:9.5.14-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql95-postgresql-serverbefore 0:9.5.14-1.el60:9.5.14-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql95-postgresql-staticbefore 0:9.5.14-1.el60:9.5.14-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql95-postgresql-testbefore 0:9.5.14-1.el60:9.5.14-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql96-postgresqlbefore 0:9.6.10-1.el60:9.6.10-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql96-postgresql-contribbefore 0:9.6.10-1.el60:9.6.10-1.el6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6rh-postgresql96-postgresql-contrib-syspathsbefore 0:9.6.10-1.el60:9.6.10-1.el6

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Same product

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    49Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2017-7548Aug 16, 2017 · PostgreSQL versions before 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to authorization flaw allowing remote authenticated attackers with no…
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2017-8806Nov 13, 2017 · The Debian pg_ctlcluster, pg_createcluster, and pg_upgradecluster scripts, as distributed in the Debian postgresql-common package before…
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2017-15099Nov 22, 2017 · INSERT ...
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
alpine:postgresql10.1-r0 · Alpine:v3.10Package registry (OSV)
alpine:postgresql1410.1-r0 · Alpine:v3.15Package registry (OSV)
alpine:postgresql1510.1-r0 · Alpine:v3.17Package registry (OSV)
debian:postgresql-9.49.4.15-0+deb8u1 · Debian:8Package registry (OSV)
debian:postgresql-9.69.6.6-0+deb9u1 · Debian:9Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:postgresql1010.18-1.3 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-postgresql95-postgresql0:9.5.14-1.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-contrib0:9.5.14-1.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-debuginfo0:9.5.14-1.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-devel0:9.5.14-1.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-docs0:9.5.14-1.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs0:9.5.14-1.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-plperl0:9.5.14-1.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-plpython0:9.5.14-1.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-pltcl0:9.5.14-1.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-server0:9.5.14-1.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-static0:9.5.14-1.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test0:9.5.14-1.el6 · Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
suse:postgresql949.4.15-0.23.10.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4Package registry (OSV)
suse:postgresql94-libs9.4.15-0.23.10.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4Package registry (OSV)
suse:postgresql969.6.6-3.10.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2Package registry (OSV)
suse:postgresql96-libs9.6.6-3.10.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-200 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

json
{  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}

Fixed

json
{  "permissions": ["activeTab"],  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

References

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