The version of PostgreSQL installed on the remote host is 13 prior to 13.22, 14 prior to 14.19, 15 prior to 15.14, 16 prior to 16.10, or 17 prior to 17.6. As such, it is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - Improper neutralization of newlines in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a user of the origin server to inject     arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore     the dump, via psql meta-commands inside a purpose-crafted object name. The same attacks can achieve SQL     injection as a superuser of the restore target server. pg_dumpall, pg_restore, and pg_upgrade are also     affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected. Versions before     11.20 are unaffected. CVE-2012-0868 had fixed this class of problem, but version 11.20 reintroduced it.
    (CVE-2025-8715)

  - Untrusted data inclusion in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a malicious superuser of the origin server to     inject arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to     restore the dump, via psql meta-commands. pg_dumpall is also affected. pg_restore is affected when used to     generate a plain-format dump. This is similar to MySQL CVE-2024-21096. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6,     16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected. (CVE-2025-8714)

  - PostgreSQL optimizer statistics allow a user to read sampled data within a view that the user cannot     access. Separately, statistics allow a user to read sampled data that a row security policy intended to     hide. PostgreSQL maintains statistics for tables by sampling data available in columns; this data is     consulted during the query planning process. Prior to this release, a user could craft a leaky operator     that bypassed view access control lists (ACLs) and bypassed row security policies in partitioning or table     inheritance hierarchies. Reachable statistics data notably included histograms and most-common-values     lists. CVE-2017-7484 and CVE-2019-10130 intended to close this class of vulnerability, but this gap     remained. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected. (CVE-2025-8713)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

Analytics

PostgreSQL 13.x < 13.22 / 14.x < 14.19 / 15.x < 15.14 / 16.x < 16.10 / 17.x < 17.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 253431

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Version 1.3 Jan 21, 2026, 5:00 PM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202601211700
Version 1.2 Aug 23, 2025, 2:29 AM IAVM reference STIG Severity (set to "I") Plugin Feed: 202508230229
Version 1.1 Aug 21, 2025, 6:43 PM New Plugin Feed: 202508211843