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CVE-2017-7486

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7486 describes an information leak vulnerability in PostgreSQL versions 8.4 through 9.6, where the pg_user_mappings view can expose foreign server passwords to any user with USAGE privilege on the associated foreign server. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high confidentiality impact. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0633 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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 (22)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: postgresql-0:9.2.21-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: rh-postgresql95-0:2.2-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: spacewalk-backend-0:2.3.3-53.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: spacewalk-postgresql-server-0:9.5-1.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: spacewalk-setup-postgresql-0:2.3.0-27.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: spacewalk-utils-0:2.3.2-32.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: spacewalk-web-0:2.3.2-35.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8 ELSFixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.12-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.12-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.12-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql-0:9.5.7-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.12-1.el7
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5Fixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5Fixed in: rh-postgresql95-postgresql
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: postgresql84
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: postgresql

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7486Moderate

postgresql: pg_user_mappings view discloses foreign server passwords

May 11, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1677
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1678
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1838
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1983
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2425
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201710-06
postgresql.org / about/news/1746
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3851
securityfocus.com / bid/98460
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038476