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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-41119 · published 12 December 2023

CVE-2023-41119: Enterprisedb postgres advanced server improper privilege management vulnerability

Enterprisedb · Postgres Advanced Server

An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32, 12.x before 12.16.20, 13.x before 13.12.16, 14.x before 14.9.0, and 15.x before 15.4.0. It contains the function _dbms_aq_move_to_exception_queue that may be used to elevate a user's privileges to superuser. This function accepts the OID of a table, and then accesses that table as the superuser by using SELECT and DML commands.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.63% · top 52.1% CWE-269 · Improper privilege management
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.63%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32, 12.x before 12.16.20, 13.x before 13.12.16, 14.x before 14.9.0, and 15.x before 15.4.0. It contains the function _dbms_aq_move_to_exception_queue that may be used to elevate a user's privileges to superuser. This function accepts the OID of a table, and then accesses that table as the superuser by using SELECT and DML commands.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/security/advisories/cve202341119/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/security/advisories/cve202341119/ Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-41119), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.