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SCA: security update for org.postgresql:postgresql (GHSA-v7wg-cpwc-24m4)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419172

Description

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

 - pgjdbc is the offical PostgreSQL JDBC Driver. A security hole was found in the jdbc driver for postgresql
 database while doing security research. The system using the postgresql library will be attacked when
 attacker control the jdbc url or properties. pgjdbc instantiates plugin instances based on class names
 provided via `authenticationPluginClassName`, `sslhostnameverifier`, `socketFactory`, `sslfactory`,
 `sslpasswordcallback` connection properties. However, the driver did not verify if the class implements
 the expected interface before instantiating the class. This can lead to code execution loaded via
 arbitrary classes. Users using plugins are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this
 issue. (CVE-2022-21724)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v7wg-cpwc-24m4

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 419172

Version: Revision 1.8

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: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21724

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21724