CVE-2024-10979

PostgreSQL PL/Perl environment variable changes execute arbitrary code

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 8.8
EPSS: EPSS 4.39 % · percentile 91 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2024-11-14
Updated: 2025-11-03
Assigner: PostgreSQL
NVD status: Modified

Description

Incorrect control of environment variables in PostgreSQL PL/Perl allows an unprivileged database user to change sensitive process environment variables (e.g. PATH). That often suffices to enable arbitrary code execution, even if the attacker lacks a database server operating system user. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, 13.17, and 12.21 are affected.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	PostgreSQL
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007 (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-33389
GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-10979

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-0109 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2025-AVI-1036 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2025-AVI-0580 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans VMware Tanzu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2025-AVI-0524 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans VMware Tanzu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2025-AVI-0401 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Secure Analytics · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2025-AVI-0106 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2024-AVI-0987 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans PostgreSQL · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.0 < 12.21
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.0 < 13.17
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0 < 14.14
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0 < 15.9
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.0 < 16.5
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 17.0 < 17.1

Affected products

Product	Versions
PostgreSQL	affected 17 < 17.1 ; affected 16 < 16.5 ; affected 15 < 15.9 ; affected 14 < 14.14 ; affected 13 < 13.17 ; affected 0 < 12.21

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD