Incorrect control of environment variables in PostgreSQL PL/Perl allows an unprivileged database user to change sensitive process environment variables (e.g. PATH). That often suffices to enable arbitrary code execution, even if the attacker lacks a database server operating system user. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, 13.17, and 12.21 are affected.
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"published": "2024-11-14T13:15:04.407Z",
"id": "CVE-2024-10979",
"url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2024-10979",
"html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10979",
"imported": "2026-04-03T13:13:10.713Z",
"modified": "2025-11-03T22:16:37.020Z"
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