CVE-2023-2455
Public on 2023-05-13
Modified on 2025-09-25
Description
While CVE-2016-2193 fixed most interaction between row security and user ID changes, it missed a scenario involving function inlining. This leads to potentially incorrect policies being applied in cases where role-specific policies are used and a given query is planned under one role and then executed under other roles. This scenario can happen under security definer functions or when a common user and query is planned initially and then re-used across multiple SET ROLEs. Applying an incorrect policy may permit a user to complete otherwise-forbidden reads and modifications. This affects only databases that have used CREATE POLICY to define a row security policy.
Severity
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CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | postgresql | 2024-02-19 | ALAS2-2024-2462 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql11 Extra | postgresql | 2023-09-25 | ALAS2POSTGRESQL11-2023-001 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql12 Extra | postgresql | 2023-09-25 | ALAS2POSTGRESQL12-2023-001 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql13 Extra | postgresql | 2023-09-25 | ALAS2POSTGRESQL13-2023-001 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Postgresql14 Extra | postgresql | 2023-09-25 | ALAS2POSTGRESQL14-2023-001 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | postgresql15 | 2023-10-24 | ALAS2023-2023-387 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | postgresql92 | No Fix Planned |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 4.2 | AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |