CVE Database · CVE-2023-5870
CVSS v3.1
2.2
EPSS
2.56%
Published
Dec 10, 2023
Modified
Nov 4, 2025
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
A flaw was found in PostgreSQL involving the pg_cancel_backend role that signals background workers, including the logical replication launcher, autovacuum workers, and the autovacuum launcher. Successful exploitation requires a non-core extension with a less-resilient background worker and would affect that specific background worker only. This issue may allow a remote high privileged user to launch a denial of service (DoS) attack.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (42)
References (20)