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PostgreSQL JDBC Driver: Schwachstelle ermöglicht SQL-Injection

WID-SEC-2024-0424 · first 20.02.2024 · updated 24.03.2026 · CVSS 10,0

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What it is about

PostgreSQL ist eine frei verfügbare Datenbank für unterschiedliche Betriebssysteme. Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in PostgreSQL JDBC Driver ausnutzen, um eine SQL-Injection durchzuführen.

Under what conditions?

Over the network and without logging in. This is the most dangerous combination: attackers can scan reachable devices automatically.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • eine SQL-Injection durchzuführen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • IBM InfoSphere Data Replication 11.4
  • IBM InfoSphere Data Replication 11.4.0
  • Debian Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5
  • IBM Storage Scale 5.1.x
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12

and 21 more

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Update to at least:

  • Open Source PostgreSQL JDBC Driver 42.7.2
  • Open Source PostgreSQL JDBC Driver 42.6.1
  • Open Source PostgreSQL JDBC Driver 42.5.5
  • Open Source PostgreSQL JDBC Driver 42.4.4
  • Open Source PostgreSQL JDBC Driver 42.2.8
  • Open Source PostgreSQL JDBC Driver 42.3.9
  • Atlassian Bamboo 9.5.2
  • Atlassian Bamboo 9.2.12
  • Atlassian Bamboo 9.4.4
  • Open Source Camunda 7.19.12
  • Open Source Camunda 7.20.5
  • Open Source Camunda 7.21.0-alpha3

Is the vulnerability already being exploited?

None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.

Information and sources

and 11 more sources in the original advisory

CVE: CVE-2024-1597

Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.

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