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commit    1703726488064901e05aeb24b463e1dc3d07bde9
Author:   Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date:     Thu Sep 01 01:10:37 2022 +0000

    doc: warn of SECURITY DEFINER schemas for non-sql_body functions
    
    Non-sql_body functions are evaluated at runtime.
    
    Reported-by: Erki Eessaar
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/AM9PR01MB8268BF5E74E119828251FD34FE409@AM9PR01MB8268.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com
    
    Backpatch-through: 10


 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
index 7e6d52c7dcf..35869bf6ba6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
@@ -779,7 +779,10 @@ SELECT * FROM dup(42);
    <para>
     Because a <literal>SECURITY DEFINER</literal> function is executed
     with the privileges of the user that owns it, care is needed to
-    ensure that the function cannot be misused.  For security,
+    ensure that the function cannot be misused.  This is particularly
+    important for non-<replaceable>sql_body</replaceable> functions because
+    their function bodies are evaluated at run-time, not creation time.
+    For security,
     <xref linkend="guc-search-path"/> should be set to exclude any schemas
     writable by untrusted users.  This prevents
     malicious users from creating objects (e.g., tables, functions, and


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