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Echo: postgresql-13: security update to 13.12

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 463162

Description

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

 - IN THE EXTENSION SCRIPT, a SQL Injection vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL if it uses @extowner@,
 @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct (dollar quoting, '', or ""). If an
 administrator has installed files of a vulnerable, trusted, non-bundled extension, an attacker with
 database-level CREATE privilege can execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser. (CVE-2023-39417)

Solution

Update the postgresql-13 library and its related packages to version 13.12 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2023-39417

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 463162

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.48

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39417

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 1/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39417