High 7.1Published Dec 9, 2016

CVE-2016-5424PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 might allow remote authenticated users with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE role to gain supe…

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PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 might allow remote authenticated users with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE role to gain superuser privileges via a (1) " (double quote), (2) \ (backslash), (3) carriage return, or (4) newline character in a (a) database or (b) role name that is mishandled during an administrative operation.

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	8.0	NVD
postgresql postgresql postgresql:postgresql	through 9.1.22; 9.2; 9.2.1; 9.2.2; 9.2.3; 9.2.4; 9.2.5; 9.2.6; and 38 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646	third-party-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/	patch, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
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