Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql:12 security update
Two security vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-8715 and CVE-2025-8714) in PostgreSQL 12 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 allow arbitrary code execution during the restore operation. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these issues. The vulnerabilities affect PostgreSQL 12 packages on multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 architectures. No CVSS score is provided, but the impact is considered high due to the potential for code execution.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
PostgreSQL 12 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 contains two vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-8715 and CVE-2025-8714) that allow arbitrary code execution during the database restore operation. These flaws could enable an attacker with the ability to perform a restore to execute arbitrary code on the system. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix these vulnerabilities as part of the postgresql:12 module update for RHEL 8. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity).
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system during a PostgreSQL restore operation. This could lead to full compromise of the database server and potentially the underlying host system. The advisory does not report known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated PostgreSQL 12 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:15115) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql:12 security update
Description
Two security vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-8715 and CVE-2025-8714) in PostgreSQL 12 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 allow arbitrary code execution during the restore operation. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these issues. The vulnerabilities affect PostgreSQL 12 packages on multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 architectures. No CVSS score is provided, but the impact is considered high due to the potential for code execution.
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Technical Analysis
PostgreSQL 12 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 contains two vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-8715 and CVE-2025-8714) that allow arbitrary code execution during the database restore operation. These flaws could enable an attacker with the ability to perform a restore to execute arbitrary code on the system. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix these vulnerabilities as part of the postgresql:12 module update for RHEL 8. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity).
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system during a PostgreSQL restore operation. This could lead to full compromise of the database server and potentially the underlying host system. The advisory does not report known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated PostgreSQL 12 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:15115) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:15115
- Cve Count
- 1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ab89bd2f7a7c54106941fc8
Added to database: 09/27/2026, 04:30:10 UTC
Last enriched: 09/27/2026, 04:39:03 UTC
Last updated: 09/28/2026, 01:47:40 UTC
Views: 3
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