Improper neutralization of newlines in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a user 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 inside a purpose-crafted object name. The same attacks can achieve SQL injection as a superuser of the restore target server. pg_dumpall, pg_restore, and pg_upgrade are also affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected. Versions before 11.20 are unaffected. CVE-2012-0868 had fixed this class of problem, but version 11.20 reintroduced it.
CVE-2025-8715
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-08-14. A secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
Also known asEUVD-2025-24809 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-xh8r-9824-53cf (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 40EG Risk 40/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity88% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation0.4% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 0.4%
- EPSS %ILE
- 36th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (8.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-31). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
August 14, 2025
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Aug 16, 2026PostgreSQL: CVE-2025-8715: PostgreSQL pg_dump newline in object name executes arbitrary code in psql client and in restore target server
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2025-8715/Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-8715(20)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- patch-release-gitlab-18-4-1-releasedGitLab Security
GitLab Patch Release: 18.4.1, 18.3.3, 18.2.7
- RHSA-2025:15359Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql:13 security update
- RHSA-2025:15361Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql:12 security update
- CVE-2025-8715Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)High
PostgreSQL pg_dump newline in object name executes arbitrary code in psql client and in restore target server
- RHSA-2025:15115Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql:12 security update
- RHSA-2025:15114Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql security update
- RHSA-2025:15062Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql:15 security update
- RHSA-2025:15057Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql:13 security update
- +12 more
Patch Availability(23)
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(13 across 9 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.19(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql15 | — |
| — |
| postgresql16 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.20(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql15 | — |
| — |
| postgresql16 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.21(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql16 | — |
| — |
| postgresql17 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.22(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql16 | — |
| — |
| postgresql17 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.23(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql17 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.24(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql17 | — |
| — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql-13 | 13.10-0+deb11u1 ... 13.9-0+deb11u1 (21 versions) |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql-15 | 15.10-0+deb12u1 ... 15.9-0+deb12u1 (16 versions) |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql-17 | 17.5-1 |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(5)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2025:14826IMPORTANT2025-08-14
RHSA-2025:14826 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:14827IMPORTANT2025-08-14
RHSA-2025:14827 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:14862IMPORTANT2025-08-14
RHSA-2025:14862 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:14869IMPORTANT2025-08-14
RHSA-2025:14869 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-7741-1MEDIUM
PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 46× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 100 of 222 refreshes on record for this CVE.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 122 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
- 2026-11-01 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 36th percentile
- 2026-11-01 02:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-11-01 02:07 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-11-01 02:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-xh8r-9824-53cf · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-31 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 37th percentile
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- 2026-10-24 23:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-24 23:42 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-24 23:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-xh8r-9824-53cf · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-24 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 35th percentile
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- 2026-10-17 21:18 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-10-17 21:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-xh8r-9824-53cf · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-17 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 35th percentile
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