CVE-2014-0060
postgresql: SET ROLE without ADMIN OPTION allows adding and removing group members
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · February 17, 2014
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly enforce the ADMIN OPTION restriction, which allows remote authenticated members of a role to add or remove arbitrary users to that role by calling the SET ROLE command before the associated GRANT command.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
CWE not specified