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CVE-2022-21724

34
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0301 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.postgresql:postgresqlFixed in: 42.3.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.postgresql:postgresqlFixed in: 42.2.25
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Service Registry 2.3.0 GAFixed in: quarkus-jdbc-postgresql-deployment
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHPAM 7.13.1 asyncFixed in: jdbc-postgresql
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.7.5Fixed in: postgresql
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.11Fixed in: jdbc-postgresql
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel K 1Fixed in: quarkus-jdbc-postgresql-deployment
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Service RegistryFixed in: quarkus-jdbc-postgresql-deployment
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: postgresql-jdbc
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: postgresql-jdbc
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 1Fixed in: quarkus-jdbc-postgresql-deployment

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-v7wg-cpwc-24m4high

pgjdbc Does Not Check Class Instantiation when providing Plugin Classes

Feb 2, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-21724Moderate

jdbc-postgresql: Unchecked Class Instantiation when providing Plugin Classes

Feb 1, 2022

References

github.com / pgjdbc/pgjdbc/commit/f4d0ed69c0b3aae8531d83d6af4c57f22312c813
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / pgjdbc/pgjdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-v7wg-cpwc-24m4
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00027.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BVEO7BEFXPBVHSPYL3YKQWZI6DYXQLFS
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220311-0005
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5196
Third Party Advisory