PostgreSQL versions 10.x before 10.9 and versions 11.x before 11.4 are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. Any authenticated user can overflow a stack-based buffer by changing the user's own password to a purpose-crafted value. This often suffices to execute arbitrary code as the PostgreSQL operating system account.
CVE-2019-10164
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 46(Track)EG Risk 46/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity88% × 45%Exploitation4% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 4%
- EPSS %ILE
- 89%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 26, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: postgresql-10.9-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TTKEHXGDXYYD6WYDIIQJP4GDQJSENDJK/[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: postgresql-11.4-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MAGE6H4FWLKFLHLWVYNPYGQRPIXTUWGB/1719698 – (CVE-2019-10164) CVE-2019-10164 postgresql: Stack-based buffer overflow via setting a password
Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10164PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 11.4, 10.9, 9.6.14, 9.5.18, 9.4.23, and 12 Beta 2 Released!
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1949/PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-03) — Gentoo security
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-03Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-10164(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2021:0166Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql:10 security update
- RHSA-2020:5664Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql:10 security update
- RHSA-2020:3669Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql:10 security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2020:0980Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-postgresql10-postgresql security update
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | postgresql-server-dev-11 (11.4-0ubuntu0.19.04.1) @ disco | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | postgresql:10-8010020201214112129.c27ad7f8 | 2021-01-18 | redhat |
| redhat | postgresql:10-8000020201214113918.f8e95b4e | 2020-12-22 | redhat |
| redhat | postgresql:10-8020020200825115746.4cda2c84 | 2020-09-08 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-postgresql10-postgresql-0:10.12-2.el7 | 2020-03-26 | redhat |
| redhat | libpq-0:12.1-3.el8 | 2020-02-04 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(16 across 14 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.17(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
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| postgresql14 | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
| postgresql15 | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.18(2)
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| postgresql14 | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
| postgresql15 | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.10(1)
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| postgresql | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.11(1)
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| postgresql | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.12(1)
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| postgresql | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.13(1)
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| postgresql | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.14(1)
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|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.15(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql14 | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.16(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql14 | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.19(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql15 | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.20(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql15 | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.7(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql | — | 10.9-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql | — | 10.9-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql | — | 11.4-r0 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
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