PostgreSQL up to 14 insufficiently protected credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL up to 14. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to insufficiently protected credentials. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-23222. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL up to 14 (Database Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 03/03/2022 as 160c0258802d10b0600d7671b1bbea55d8e17d45. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-23222 since 11/03/2021. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 253240 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-23222), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch d83cdfdca9d918bbbd6bb209139b94c954da7228 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (253240). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

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Class: Insufficiently protected credentials
CWE: CWE-522
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 253240
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-23222

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: d83cdfdca9d918bbbd6bb209139b94c954da7228

Timelineinfo

11/03/2021 🔍
03/03/2022 +120 days 🔍
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08/24/2025 +1270 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: postgresql.org

Advisory: 160c0258802d10b0600d7671b1bbea55d8e17d45
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-23222 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-23222
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-194117

Entryinfo

Created: 03/03/2022 08:44
Updated: 08/24/2025 09:34
Changes: 03/03/2022 08:44 (40), 03/04/2022 19:06 (1), 03/04/2022 19:13 (1), 08/24/2025 09:34 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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