SCA: security update for org.postgresql:postgresql (GHSA-h86w-m5rm-xr33)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415587

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Interaction error in the PostgreSQL JDBC driver before 8.2, when used with a PostgreSQL server with the
"standard_conforming_strings" option enabled, such as the default configuration of PostgreSQL 9.1, does
not properly escape unspecified JDBC statement parameters, which allows remote attackers to perform SQL
injection attacks. NOTE: as of 20120330, it was claimed that the upstream developer planned to dispute
this issue, but an official dispute has not been posted as of 20121005. (CVE-2012-1618)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h86w-m5rm-xr33

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 415587

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1618

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1618

BID: 73605