CVE-2022-24128

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    CVE-2022-24128

    Published: 13 Mar 2022Last Modified: 21 Oct 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Timescale TimescaleDB 1.x and 2.x before 2.5.2 may allow privilege escalation during extension installation. The installation process uses commands such as CREATE x IF NOT EXIST that allow an unprivileged user to precreate objects. These objects will be used by the installer (which executes as Superuser), leading to privilege escalation. In order to be able to take advantage of this, an unprivileged user would need to be able to create objects in a database and then get a Superuser to install TimescaleDB into their database. (In the fixed versions, the installation aborts when it finds that an object already exists.)

    References: https://docs.timescale.com/timescaledb/latest/overview/release-notes/, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/24xxx/CVE-2022-24128.json, https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/security/advisories/GHSA-fh8v-663w-79w9, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24128, https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/commit/6275c2985927cfd4900b85cac5120227c8cb1f0c, https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/commit/c8b8516e466c2bb7d2ae6a4b0b2e8e60b24b24a2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 1dc3aa9161f15f254934583674ac917c55292d7a
    Fixed -6794b140bde142702d65d5a482ddf542a8ff99be

    Affected versions

    2.5.1
    2.5.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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