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From: Jeff Davis <[email protected]>
To: Robert Haas <[email protected]>
Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Noah Misch <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: pgsql: Fix search_path to a safe value during maintenance operations.
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:58:55 -0700
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In-Reply-To: <CA+TgmoYtJU0KknWr11W--wK=4eJtdHOgupyT=beZVPC8P=o+YA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 2023-06-19 at 16:03 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> I'm inclined to think that this is a real security issue and am not

Can you expand on that a bit? You mean a practical security issue for
the intended use cases?

> very sanguine about waiting another year to fix it, but at the same
> time, I'm somewhat worried that the proposed fix might be too narrow
> or wrongly-shaped. I'm not too convinced that we've properly
> understood what all of the problems in this area are. :-(

Would it be acceptable to document that the MAINTAIN privilege (along
with TRIGGER and, if I understand correctly, REFERENCES) carries
privilege escalation risk for the grantor?

Regards,
	Jeff Davis

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