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CVE-2021-20229 PostgreSQL

Affected softwarePostgreSQL
Severity4.3 Medium CVSS 3.1 2 scores
WeaknessIncorrect authorization (CWE-863)
Published23 Feb 2021
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL in versions before 13.2. This flaw allows a user with SELECT privilege on one column to craft a special query that returns all columns of the table. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 5 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.5% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

4.3 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 4.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 4.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

4 products, 5 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd fedoraproject fedora generic 33
nvd postgresql postgresql generic ≥ 13.0 and < 13.2
nvd redhat enterprise linux generic 7.0 · 8.0
nvd redhat software collections generic any version

References

URLTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925296 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-32 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210326-0005/ Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2021-02-23By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.