CVE-2022-26520

A flaw was found in Postgres JDBC. This flaw allows an attacker to use a method to write arbitrary files through the connection properties settings. For example, an attacker can create an executable file under the server the application is running and make it a new part of the application or server.

Red Hat informs that although there's a difference from NVD CVSSv3 score there's a especial occasion in this CVE that maintain it as a moderate. The scenario for an attacker to get a benefit in this situation requires them to have access to modify a configuration file and write a file where it's needed. This require non-default configuration and also it's not expected to allow an untrusted user to perform this kind of setting.

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