CVE-2022-21724 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-21724

Unchecked Class Instantiation when providing Plugin Classes

Vulnerability Description

pgjdbc is the offical PostgreSQL JDBC Driver. A security hole was found in the jdbc driver for postgresql database while doing security research. The system using the postgresql library will be attacked when attacker control the jdbc url or properties. pgjdbc instantiates plugin instances based on class names provided via `authenticationPluginClassName`, `sslhostnameverifier`, `socketFactory`, `sslfactory`, `sslpasswordcallback` connection properties. However, the driver did not verify if the class implements the expected interface before instantiating the class. This can lead to code execution loaded via arbitrary classes. Users using plugins are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

postgresql jdbc driver, fedora, quarkus, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 42.3.0, 42.3.2, 35, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0

Timeline

Official Publish: February 2nd, 2022
Last Modified: May 5th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.