CVE-2025-12817 — PostgreSQL CREATE STATISTICS does not check for schema CREATE privilege

CVE-2025-12817

PostgreSQL CREATE STATISTICS does not check for schema CREATE privilege PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Missing authorization in PostgreSQL CREATE STATISTICS command allows a table owner to achieve denial of service against other CREATE STATISTICS users by creating in any schema. A later CREATE STATISTICS for the same name, from a user having the CREATE privilege, would then fail. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.1, 17.7, 16.11, 15.15, 14.20, and 13.23 are affected.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
n/a / PostgreSQL	affected 18 before 18.1; affected 17 before 17.7; affected 16 before 16.11; affected 15 before 15.15; affected 14 before 14.20; affected 0 before 13.23

CWE

CWE-862

References

https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2025-12817/

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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