CVE-2025-8714

PostgreSQL pg_dump lets superuser of origin server execute arbitrary code in psql client

State: Published
Severity: 8.8 High
Published: Aug 14, 2025
Updated: Feb 26, 2026
Reserved: Aug 7, 2025

Description

Untrusted data inclusion in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a malicious superuser of the origin server to inject arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore the dump, via psql meta-commands. pg_dumpall is also affected. pg_restore is affected when used to generate a plain-format dump. This is similar to MySQL CVE-2024-21096. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	PostgreSQL

Weaknesses

CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PostgreSQLn/a	17 to before 17.6Affected 16 to before 16.10Affected 15 to before 15.14Affected 14 to before 14.19Affected before 13.22Affected

References

https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2025-8714/

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