CVE-2017-15099

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Published 2017-11-22 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
4.0
VIR risk
6.5

Description

INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE commands in PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.10 disclose table contents that the invoker lacks privilege to read. These exploits affect only tables where the attacker lacks full read access but has both INSERT and UPDATE privileges. Exploits bypass row level security policies and lack of SELECT privilege.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15099.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1801/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-17

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-18

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
arch archfixed9.6.6-1
debian debian9.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.5
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.5.1
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.5.2
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.5.3
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.5.4
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.5.5
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.5.6
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.5.7
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.5.8
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.5.9
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.6
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.6.1
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.6.2
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.6.3
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.6.4
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql9.6.5
postgresql postgresqlpostgresql10.0

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.