CVE-2021-20229

mediumpriority · track · 18OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.47% (74th) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

35 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL in versions before 13.2. This flaw allows a user with SELECT privilege on one column to craft a special query that returns all columns of the table. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

cvss

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

4.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4

v3.14.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USCWE-863US

affected products (35)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
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 PostgreSQL 11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:11
Open Source PostgreSQL 12all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:12
Open Source PostgreSQL 13all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:13
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:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
n/a PostgreSQL≤ postgresql 13.2, postgresql 12.6, postgresql 11.11, postgresql 10.16, postgresql 9.6.21, postgresql 9.5.25enisa_euvdEU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem≤ 15 SP2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools≤ 15 SP2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications≤ 15 SP2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for additional PackageHub packages≤ 15 SP2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 12 SP5fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit≤ 12 SP5fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. Suse Linux Enterprise Server≤ 12 SP5fstec_bduRU

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2464PostgreSQL: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-02-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in PostgreSQL ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder Informationen offenzulegen.
BIT-postgresql-2021-202292024-03-06vendor · osvUS
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL in versions before 13.2. This flaw allows a user with SELECT privilege on one column to craft a special query that returns all columns of the table. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-02-23modified 2026-06-17

references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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