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CVE-2024-10979

HIGHPOCPostgreSQL
score
<0.1
cvss
8.8
epss
4.4%
published
2024-11-14
kev added
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first seen

PostgreSQL versions before 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, 13.17, and 12.21 contain an incorrect control of environment variables in PL/Perl, letting unprivileged database users change sensitive process environment variables like PATH, which can enable arbitrary code execution, exploit requires database user privileges.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2024-11-14 — PublishedP2026-10-21 — Tracked by OnyxT2026-10-21 — Public PoCXscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 4.4%2026-09-23: epss 4.4%2026-09-24: epss 4.4%2026-09-25: epss 4.4%2026-09-26: epss 4.4%2026-09-27: epss 4.4%2026-09-28: epss 4.4%2026-09-29: epss 4.4%2026-09-30: epss 4.4%2026-10-01: epss 4.4%2026-10-02: epss 4.4%2026-10-03: epss 4.4%2026-10-04: epss 4.4%2026-10-05: epss 4.4%2026-10-06: epss 4.4%2026-10-07: epss 4.4%2026-10-08: epss 4.4%2026-10-09: epss 4.4%2026-10-10: epss 4.4%2026-10-11: epss 4.4%2026-10-12: epss 4.4%2026-10-13: epss 4.4%2026-10-14: epss 4.4%2026-10-15: epss 4.4%2026-10-16: epss 4.4%2026-10-18: epss 4.4%2026-10-19: epss 4.4%2026-10-20: epss 4.4%2026-10-21: epss 4.4%4.4%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Tracked by Onyx
  3. Public PoC

Exploit availability

Public PoC flagged by vulnx; no direct exploit link among the citations.

Weaknesses

CWE-15 CWE-610

References 4