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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 20:39:36 +0200
From: Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@...d.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL and CREATEROLE permission
Hi,
> This information showed up on the pgsql-general mailing list at [1].
> It appears a user with CREATEROLE can elevate to root through
> pg_execute_server_program.[2]
really root? As I understand it you gain access to the DB superuser (usually
the postgres user) only. Although I could imagine that you could trick
careless admins into giving you root permissions on that way...
Bernd
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