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CVE-2018-1115

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1115 is a critical vulnerability affecting PostgreSQL versions prior to 10.4 and 9.6.9, specifically within the adminpack extension. It allows an authenticated attacker to force log rotation by exploiting a flaw in the pg_catalog.pg_logfile_rotate() function, which bypasses intended access controls. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.1 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on integrity and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available and it's not listed in the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.0, < 10.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0404 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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 (11)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-postgresql96-postgresql-0:9.6.10-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql96-postgresql-0:9.6.10-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-postgresql10-postgresql-0:10.5-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-postgresql96-postgresql-0:9.6.10-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql10-postgresql-0:10.5-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql96-postgresql-0:9.6.10-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql10-postgresql-0:10.5-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql96-postgresql-0:9.6.10-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql10-postgresql-0:10.5-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql96-postgresql-0:9.6.10-1.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-1115Low

postgresql: Too-permissive access control list on function pg_logfile_rotate()

May 10, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00043.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2565
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2566
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
git.postgresql.org / gitweb
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201810-08
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104285
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry