# CVE-2025-12817: PostgreSQL CREATE STATISTICS does not check for schema CREATE privilege

- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 18.1, 17.7, 16.11, 15.15, 14.20, and 1 more
- Published: 2025-11-13 · Updated: 2025-11-13

## Affected

- n/a PostgreSQL: from 18, fixed in 18.1; from 17, fixed in 17.7; from 16, fixed in 16.11; from 15, fixed in 15.15; from 14, fixed in 14.20; fixed in 13.23

## Description

Missing authorization in PostgreSQL CREATE STATISTICS command allows a table owner to achieve denial of service against other CREATE STATISTICS users by creating in any schema. A later CREATE STATISTICS for the same name, from a user having the CREATE privilege, would then fail. Versions before PostgreSQL 18.1, 17.7, 16.11, 15.15, 14.20, and 13.23 are affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PostgreSQL, upgrade to a fixed version (18.1, 17.7, 16.11, 15.15, 14.20) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [PostgreSQL](https://cve.now/tech/postgresql.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2025-12817/

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