🛡️ CVE-2023-31131 — greenplum-database

🟠 CVSS 7.4 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 NVD
7.4
CVSS Score
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Description

Greenplum Database (GPDB) is an open source data warehouse based on PostgreSQL. In versions prior to 6.22.3 Greenplum Database used an unsafe methods to extract tar files within GPPKGs. greenplum-db is vulnerable to path traversal leading to arbitrary file writes. An attacker can use this vulnerability to overwrite data or system files potentially leading to crash or malfunction of the system. Any files which are accessible to the running process are at risk. All users are requested to upgrade to Greenplum Database version 6.23.2 or higher. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-31131 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2023-31131 is recorded against 1 package.

  • greenplum-database (fixed in 6.22.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 15 May 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-05-15
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
greenplum-database — 6.22.3

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