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CVE-2022-41946

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-41946 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the pgjdbc PostgreSQL JDBC Driver, affecting Debian and PostgreSQL JDBC Driver versions. When using PreparedStatement.setText or setBytea with large InputStreams, temporary files are created in a world-readable temporary directory on Unix-like systems, allowing other local users to read their contents. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low-complexity local attack with high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 42.2.0, < 42.2.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql_jdbc_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 42.3.0, < 42.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql_jdbc_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 42.4.0, < 42.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql_jdbc_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql_jdbc_driver:42.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql_jdbc_driver:42.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (19)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.postgresql:postgresqlFixed in: 42.5.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.postgresql:postgresqlFixed in: 42.3.8
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.postgresql:postgresqlFixed in: 42.2.27
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.postgresql:postgresqlFixed in: 42.4.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.12Fixed in: jdbc-postgresql
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.12 for RHEL 8Fixed in: candlepin-0:4.1.20-1.el8sat
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8Fixed in: candlepin-0:4.2.13-1.el8sat
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Camel-K-1.10.1Fixed in: jdbc-postgresql
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Camel-Q 2.7-1Fixed in: jdbc-postgresql
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Debezium 2.1.4Fixed in: postgresql-jdbc
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: postgresql-jdbc-0:42.2.27-1.el9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CEQ 2.13.2-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of Quarkus
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.7.7Fixed in: jdbc-postgresql
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: postgresql-jdbc-0:42.2.14-2.el8
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4Fixed in: postgresql-jdbc
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: libreoffice:flatpak/postgresql-jdbc
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libreoffice:flatpak/postgresql-jdbc

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-562r-vg33-8x8hmedium

TemporaryFolder on unix-like systems does not limit access to created files

Nov 23, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-41946Moderate

postgresql-jdbc: Information leak of prepared statement data due to insecure temporary file permissions

Nov 23, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00017.html
github.com / pgjdbc/pgjdbc/commit/9008dc9aade6dbfe4efafcd6872ebc55f4699cf5
Patch
github.com / pgjdbc/pgjdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-562r-vg33-8x8h
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/25TY2L3RMVNOC7VAHJEAO7PTT6M6JJAD
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20240329-0003