🛡️ CVE-2021-23214 — postgresql

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

When the server is configured to use trust authentication with a clientcert requirement or to use cert authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption.

Affected software

CVE-2021-23214 is recorded against 1 package.

  • postgresql

Timeline and source

Published on 6 March 2024 and last revised on 3 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
git.postgresql.org (Web)
github.com (Web)
security.gentoo.org (Web)
www.postgresql.org (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

CVE-2021-23214 on other distributions

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-03-06
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2025-04-03
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
postgresql — —

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