PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (aka PgJDBC) before 42.2.13 allows XXE.
CVE-2020-13692
This high-severity CVE scores 7.7 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 7.8%, top 8% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.7
- EG Score
- 7.7(medium)
- EPSS
- 89.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 4, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (28)
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/commit/14b62aca4764d496813f55a43d050b017e01eb65
- cve@mitrehttps://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/changelog.html#version_42.2.13
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r00bcc6b2da972e0d6332a4ebc7807e17305d8b8e7fb2ae63d2a3cbfb%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r01ae1b3d981cf2e563e9b5b0a6ea54fb3cac8e9a0512ee5269e3420e%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0478a1aa9ae0dbd79d8f7b38d0d93fa933ac232e2b430b6f31a103c0%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1aae77706aab7d89b4fe19be468fc3c73e9cc84ff79cc2c3bd07c05a%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4bdea189c9991aae7a929d28f575ec46e49ed3d68fa5235825f38a4f%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r631f967db6260d6178740a3314a35d9421facd8212e62320275fa78e%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f6d019839df17646ffd0046a99146cacf40492a6c92078f65fd32e0%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb89f92aba44f524d5c270e0c44ca7aec4704691c37fe106cf73ec977%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfe363bf3a46d440ad57fd05c0e313025c7218364bbdc5fd8622ea7ae%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DCCAPM6FSNOC272DLSNQ6YHXS3OMHGJC/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200619-0005/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5196
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/commit/14b62aca4764d496813f55a43d050b017e01eb65
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-13692(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(8)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libpostgresql-jdbc-java-doc (42.2.10-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ focal | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | jdbc-postgresql | 2021-01-13 | redhat |
| redhat | postgresql-jdbc-0:42.2.3-3.el8_0 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | postgresql-jdbc-0:9.2.1002-8.el7_8 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | postgresql-jdbc-0:8.4.704-4.el6_10 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | postgresql-jdbc-0:42.2.3-3.el8_1 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | quarkus-jdbc-postgresql-deployment | 2020-07-30 | redhat |
| redhat | postgresql-jdbc-0:42.2.3-3.el8_2 | 2020-07-28 | redhat |
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
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.postgresql:postgresql | 42.0.0 ... 9.4.1212.jre7 (58 versions) | 42.2.13 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(12)
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-2020:3005IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3005 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3176IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3176 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3209IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3209 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3248IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3248 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3283IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3283 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3284IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3284 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3285IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3285 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3286IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3286 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3675IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3675 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3678IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2020:3678 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:0110IMPORTANT2020-06-04
RHSA-2021:0110 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-5238-1MEDIUM
PostgreSQL JDBC Driver vulnerability
Data Freshness Timeline
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