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GHSA-5x78-73v4-xg6w
Vulnerability in postgres-protocol (GHSA-5x78-73v4-xg6w)
Summary
vulnerability in postgres-protocol (GHSA-5x78-73v4-xg6w). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via ``tokio``. Mitigation: upgrade to `0.6.12` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **GHSA-5x78-73v4-xg6w** has been found in postgres-protocol.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like ``tokio`` over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade postgres-protocol to **0.6.12** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "postgres-protocol GHSA-5x78-73v4-xg6w" on the vendor's site.
GHSA-5x78-73v4-xg6w (postgres-protocol) — CWE-770 /
Attack surface: `tokio`
Patched: `0.6.12` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-770) exists in postgres-protocol. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via ``tokio`` without authentication.
📍 Affected scope
postgres-protocol — . Attack surface: `tokio`.
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **0.6.12**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'postgres-protocol' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'postgres-protocol' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `postgres-protocol` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade postgres-protocol to 0.6.12ステージング環境で 0.6.12 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
rust
postgres-protocol
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6.12"}]}]
References
- web https://github.com/rust-postgres/rust-postgres/commit/d40097a36a85068ea50a3afbf0ce154ba439e7f0
- web https://github.com/rust-postgres/rust-postgres/releases/tag/postgres-protocol-v0.6.12
- web https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0179.html
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5x78-73v4-xg6w