CVE-2017-7486 [High] | Information Disclosure in Postgresql

CVE-2017-7486 is rated Moderate Risk (64.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.33%, 93th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.21% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	4.12%	6.33%	+2.21%
2	2026-05-26	4.18%	4.12%	-0.06%
3	2026-03-04	—	4.18%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

4.12%

6.33%

+2.21%

2026-05-26

4.18%

4.12%

-0.06%

2026-03-04

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4.18%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
7.5	3.0	HIGH	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	3.9	3.6	[email protected]
5.0	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	10.0	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

7.5

3.0

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

3.9

3.6

[email protected]

5.0

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L): Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N): No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

10.0

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-7486

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	—	CVE-2017-7486: 3 source package rows (postgresql, postgresql14, postgresql15); 16 state rows across 11 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-community, 3.19-main, 3.20-community, 3.20-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 16, open 0.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-7486
`gentoo`	normal	CVE-2017-7486: 1 GLSA(s) (201710-06), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/postgresql); latest impact normal.	https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2017-7486
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7486
`suse`	medium	CVE-2017-7486 severity moderate: SUSE including 60 source package names (libecpg6-10.10-1.15.1, libecpg6-10.5-1.3.1, …), 122 product×package rows across 25 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2, … (25 product lines)): Fixed 122.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7486/
`ubuntu`	low	CVE-2017-7486 low priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.5, postgresql-9.6), 24 status rows across 6 suites (artful, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 15, released 5, not-affected 2, ignored 1, needed 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7486

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-7486

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
postgresql	postgresql	8.4	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.1	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.1:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.2	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.2:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.3	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.3:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.4	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.4:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.5	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.5:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.6	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.6:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.7	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.7:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.8	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.8:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.9	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.9:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.10	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.10:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.11	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.11:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.12	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.12:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.13	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.13:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.14	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.14:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.15	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.15:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.16	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.16:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.17	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.17:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.18	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.18:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.19	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.19:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.20	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.20:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.21	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.21:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	8.4.22	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.22:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.1	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.1:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.2	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.2:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.3	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.3:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.4	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.4:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.5	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.5:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.6	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.6:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.7	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.7:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.8	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.8:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.9	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.9:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.10	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.10:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.11	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.11:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.12	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.12:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.13	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.13:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.14	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.14:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.15	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.15:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.16	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.16:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.17	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.17:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.18	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.18:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.19	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.19:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.20	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.20:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.21	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.21:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.22	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.22:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.0.23	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.23:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.1	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.1:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.2	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.2:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.3	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.3:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.4	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.4:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.5	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.5:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.6	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.6:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.7	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.7:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.8	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.8:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.9	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.9:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.10	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.10:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.11	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.11:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.12	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.12:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.13	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.13:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.14	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.14:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.15	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.15:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.16	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.16:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.17	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.17:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.18	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.18:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.19	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.19:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.20	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.20:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.21	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.21:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.22	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.22:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.23	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.23:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.1.24	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.24:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.2	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.2.1	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.1:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.2.2	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.2:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.2.3	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.3:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.2.4	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.4:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.2.5	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.5:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.2.6	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.6:::::::*
postgresql	postgresql	9.2.7	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.7:::::::*

References for CVE-2017-7486

URL	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3851
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98460	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038476
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1677
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1678
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1838
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1983
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-06
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1746/	Vendor Advisory

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CVE-2017-7486

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-7486

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-7486

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-7486

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-7486

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-7486

References for CVE-2017-7486