# CVE-2023-41119: An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32, 12.x before 12.16.20, 13.x before 13.12.16, 14.x be

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-12-12 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 11.21.32, 12.x before 12.16.20, 13.x before 13.12.16, 14.x before 14.9.0, and 15.x before 15.4.0. It contains the function _dbms_aq_move_to_exception_queue that may be used to elevate a user's privileges to superuser. This function accepts the OID of a table, and then accesses that table as the superuser by using SELECT and DML commands.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/security/advisories/cve202341119/

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