CVE-2020-25696

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.70% (86th) EPSS

CVSS 7.6 · high

Is it mine?

55 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If an interactive psql session uses \gset when querying a compromised server, the attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system account running psql. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

cvss

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

8.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–8.1

v2.07.6highAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 4.9 · impact 10

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-183USCWE-183USCWE-270USCWE-697US

affected products (55)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Avaya Aura Experience Portalall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:aura_experience_portal:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
EMC NetWorker <19.7.0.1all versionscert_bundDE
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Hitachi Ops Centerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:hitachi:ops_center:-
Open Source Arch Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:archlinux:archlinux:-
Open Source CentOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:centos:centos:-
Open Source PostgreSQL <10.15all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source PostgreSQL <11.10all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source PostgreSQL <12.5all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source PostgreSQL <13.1all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source PostgreSQL <9.5.24all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source PostgreSQL <9.6.20all versionscert_bundDE
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
EMC NetWorker< 19.7.0.1cert_bundDE
Open Source PostgreSQL< 10.15cert_bundDE

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1383PostgreSQL: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-11-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter oder anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in PostgreSQL ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Verfügbarkeit und Integrität zu gefährden.
BIT-postgresql-2020-256962024-03-06vendor · osvUS
A flaw was found in the psql interactive terminal of PostgreSQL in versions before 13.1, before 12.5, before 11.10, before 10.15, before 9.6.20 and before 9.5.24. If an interactive psql session uses \gset when querying a compromised server, the attacker can execute arbitrary code as the operating system account running psql. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-11-23modified 2026-06-17

references (45)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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