# CVE-2025-8715: PostgreSQL pg\_dump newline in object name executes arbitrary code in psql client and in restore target server

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, 13.22
- Published: 2025-08-14 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- n/a PostgreSQL: from 17, fixed in 17.6; from 16, fixed in 16.10; from 15, fixed in 15.14; from 14, fixed in 14.19; from 11.20, fixed in 13.22

## Description

Improper neutralization of newlines in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a user of the origin server to inject arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore the dump, via psql meta-commands inside a purpose-crafted object name. The same attacks can achieve SQL injection as a superuser of the restore target server. pg_dumpall, pg_restore, and pg_upgrade are also affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected. Versions before 11.20 are unaffected. CVE-2012-0868 had fixed this class of problem, but version 11.20 reintroduced it.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PostgreSQL, upgrade to a fixed version (17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, 13.22) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2025-8715/

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