Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2024-0985 as tracked by Alpine, for the package postgresql13. The fix is available in version 13.14-r0; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
- Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
- Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
- User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
- Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
Weakness class
ALPINE-CVE-2024-0985 is classified as CWE-271: Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors. The product does not drop privileges before passing control of a resource to an actor that does not have those privileges.
Affected software
ALPINE-CVE-2024-0985 is recorded against 4 packages.
- postgresql13 (fixed in 13.14-r0)
- postgresql14 (fixed in 14.11-r0)
- postgresql15 (fixed in 15.6-r0)
- postgresql16 (fixed in 16.2-r0)
Timeline and source
Published on 8 February 2024 and last revised on 15 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
security.alpinelinux.org (Advisory)
Other advisories for this package
postgresql13 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-271: Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors) in other software:
