CVE-2024-10978Network attack vector

Unauthorized row access via incorrect user ID reset

Published Nov 14, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2025

Incorrect privilege assignment in PostgreSQL lets remote authenticated users read or change unintended rows in affected releases. The session identity code can restore the wrong effective user ID after SET ROLE or SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION, while parallel workers can expose an incorrect current role. Exploitation requires an application that uses an identity-changing feature and either accepts attacker-controlled query parameters or returns affected query results; the attacker cannot choose the substituted identity.

CVSS severity4.2
Medium
EPSS probability0.69%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Incorrect privilege assignment in PostgreSQL lets remote authenticated users read or change unintended rows in affected releases. The session identity code can restore the wrong effective user ID after SET ROLE or SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION, while parallel workers can expose an incorrect current role. Exploitation requires an application that uses an identity-changing feature and either accepts attacker-controlled query parameters or returns affected query results; the attacker cannot choose the substituted identity.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-10978
Published
Nov 14, 2024
Updated
Nov 3, 2025
Vendor
PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Product
PostgreSQL
Classifications
CWE-266, T1565.001, T1213.006
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <12.21
  2. Affected versionversion=13 <13.17
  3. Affected versionversion=14 <14.14
  4. Affected versionversion=15 <15.9
  5. Affected versionversion=16 <16.5
  6. Affected versionversion=17 <17.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

PostgreSQL Global Development Group · PostgreSQLversion=0 <12.21; version=13 <13.17; version=14 <14.14; version=15 <15.9; version=16 <16.5; version=17 <17.1

Published CVSS scores

4.2PostgreSQLCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-266Incorrect Privilege Assignment
T1565.001Stored Data Manipulation
T1213.006Databases

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