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ghsa-chgx-7cw3-hr55
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-08-11 15:30
Modified
2024-02-16 15:30
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
Details
A vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL with the use of the MERGE command, which fails to test new rows against row security policies defined for UPDATE and SELECT. If UPDATE and SELECT policies forbid some rows that INSERT policies do not forbid, a user could store such rows.
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CVE-2023-39418 (GCVE-0-2023-39418)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-11 12:19
Modified
2025-08-06 11:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-1220 - Insufficient Granularity of Access Control
Summary
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