Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql security update
Red Hat has issued a security advisory for PostgreSQL addressing multiple vulnerabilities that allow code execution during restore operations. These vulnerabilities are identified as CVE-2025-8713, CVE-2025-8714, and CVE-2025-8715. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). The update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants. Users should apply the update as recommended by Red Hat to mitigate these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers multiple vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL that enable arbitrary code execution during database restore operations. The affected product is PostgreSQL as packaged for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its extended update and lifecycle support variants. The vulnerabilities are tracked under CVE-2025-8713, CVE-2025-8714, and CVE-2025-8715. Red Hat has released updated packages to address these issues. The advisory does not provide CVSS scores but classifies the impact as Important. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code during the restore operation of a PostgreSQL database. This could lead to unauthorized code execution on the affected system, potentially compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the database and host system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated PostgreSQL packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:14878 and the referenced update article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql security update
Description
Red Hat has issued a security advisory for PostgreSQL addressing multiple vulnerabilities that allow code execution during restore operations. These vulnerabilities are identified as CVE-2025-8713, CVE-2025-8714, and CVE-2025-8715. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). The update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants. Users should apply the update as recommended by Red Hat to mitigate these issues.
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Technical Analysis
This advisory covers multiple vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL that enable arbitrary code execution during database restore operations. The affected product is PostgreSQL as packaged for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its extended update and lifecycle support variants. The vulnerabilities are tracked under CVE-2025-8713, CVE-2025-8714, and CVE-2025-8715. Red Hat has released updated packages to address these issues. The advisory does not provide CVSS scores but classifies the impact as Important. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code during the restore operation of a PostgreSQL database. This could lead to unauthorized code execution on the affected system, potentially compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the database and host system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated PostgreSQL packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:14878 and the referenced update article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:14878
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-8714","CVE-2025-8715"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3cc29c4853345fc16d322c
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 05:54:36 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 06:17:12 UTC
Last updated: 06/25/2026, 07:00:48 UTC
Views: 2
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