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CVE-2014-0060

PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly enforce the ADMIN OPTION restriction, which allows remote authenticated members of a role to add or remove arbitrary users to that role by calling the SET ROLE command before the associated GRANT command.

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Severity

N/A

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0054 (0.5%)
Percentile: 67.8%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

postgresql:postgresql

Technical description

PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly enforce the ADMIN OPTION restriction, which allows remote authenticated members of a role to add or remove arbitrary users to that role by calling the SET ROLE command before the associated GRANT command.

Published: 3/31/2014, 2:58:08 PM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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