CVE-2020-1720

lowpriority · track · 26OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.18% (68th) EPSS

CVSS 3.5 · low

Is it mine?

28 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL's "ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION", where sub-commands did not perform authorization checks. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw in certain configurations to perform drop objects such as function, triggers, et al., leading to database corruption. This issue affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.2, before 11.7, before 10.12 and before 9.6.17.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.1–6.5

v2.03.5lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.8 · impact 2.9

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.13.7lowAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.13.1lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.13.1lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1.6 · impact 1.4

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-862USprimaryCWE-285USCWE-862US

affected products (28)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Red Hat PostgreSQL≤ 12.2enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat PostgreSQL≤ 11.7enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat PostgreSQL≤ 10.12enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat PostgreSQL≤ 9.6.17enisa_euvdEU
PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL10.0 → 10.12fstec_bduRU
PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL11.0 → 11.7fstec_bduRU
PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL12.0 → 12.2fstec_bduRU
PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL9.6 → 9.6.17fstec_bduRU
Postgres Professional Postgres Pro Certified≤ 11.11.1fstec_bduRU
АО «ИВК» Альт 8 СПall versionsfstec_bduRU
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС» ОС ОН «Стрелец»≤ 1.0fstec_bduRU
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС» ОС ОН «Стрелец»≤ 16.01.2023fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»≤ 8.1 «Ленинград»fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
postgresql postgresql10.0 → 10.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql11.0 → 11.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql12.0 → 12.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

BIT-postgresql-2020-17202024-03-06vendor · osvUS
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL's "ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION", where sub-commands did not perform authorization checks. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw in certain configurations to perform drop objects such as function, triggers, et al., leading to database corruption. This issue affects PostgreSQL versions before 12.2, before 11.7, before 10.12 and before 9.6.17.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-03-17modified 2026-06-17

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references (41)

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