Re: Addressing SECURITY DEFINER Function Vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL Extensions

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Ashutosh Sharma <ashu(dot)coek88(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, John H <johnhyvr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alexander Kukushkin <cyberdemn(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>, Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Addressing SECURITY DEFINER Function Vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL Extensions
Date: 2024-07-15 17:44:58
Message-ID: CA+Tgmoax+zZPYWMKpNOtcxpHy0Xe8t4S6agbW_WthR=ThdMquA@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 8:05 AM Ashutosh Sharma <ashu(dot)coek88(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I've added these changes to restrict users from explicitly setting the
> $extension_schema in the search_path. This ensures that
> $extension_schema can only be set implicitly for functions created by
> the extension when the "protected" flag is enabled.

But ... why? I mean, what's the point of prohibiting that? In fact,
maybe we should have *that* and forget about the protected flag in the
control file.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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