Is CVE-2007-2138 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-2138 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-2138?

CVE-2007-2138 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-2138

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.0EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD

Untrusted search path vulnerability in PostgreSQL before 7.3.19, 7.4.x before 7.4.17, 8.0.x before 8.0.13, 8.1.x before 8.1.9, and 8.2.x before 8.2.4 allows remote authenticated users, when permitted to call a SECURITY DEFINER function, to gain the privileges of the function owner, related to "search_path settings."

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 3.8% (90th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-2133)
Published: April 24, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2133 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
postgresql / postgresql

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0336.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24989(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24999(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25005(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25019(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25037(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25058(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25184(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25238(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25334(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25717(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25720(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25725(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-12.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102894-1(Broken Link)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-190.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1309(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1311(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:094(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.791(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.postgresql.org/support/security.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0337.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23618(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017974(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0015/(Broken Link)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-454-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1497(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1549(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33842(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1292(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10090(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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