CVE-2022-21724 is a critical vulnerability in pgjdbc, the official PostgreSQL JDBC Driver, affecting products like Debian, FedoraProject, PostgreSQL, and Quarkus. It allows for remote code execution by instantiating arbitrary classes via unvalidated connection properties when an attacker controls the JDBC URL or properties. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, and community discussion is minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 42.2.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql_jdbc_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 42.3.0, < 42.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql_jdbc_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql_jdbc_driver:42.3.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quarkus:quarkus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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