🛡️ CVE-2024-10979 on Debian — postgresql-13

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

Incorrect control of environment variables in PostgreSQL PL/Perl allows an unprivileged database user to change sensitive process environment variables (e.g. PATH). That often suffices to enable arbitrary code execution, even if the attacker lacks a database server operating system user. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, 13.17, and 12.21 are affected.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-10979 as tracked by Debian, for the package postgresql-13. The fix is available in version 13.17-0+deb11u1; 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. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-10979 is classified as CWE-15: External Control of System or Configuration Setting. One or more system settings or configuration elements can be externally controlled by a user.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-10979 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • postgresql-13 (fixed in 13.17-0+deb11u1)
  • postgresql-15 (fixed in 15.9-0+deb12u1)
  • postgresql-17 (fixed in 17.1-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 November 2024 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2024-10979 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-11-14
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
postgresql-13 — 13.17-0+deb11u1
postgresql-15 — 15.9-0+deb12u1
postgresql-17 — 17.1-1

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