From: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:10:38 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Do not allow removal of superuser privileges from bootstrap user.
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Do not allow removal of superuser privileges from bootstrap user.

A bootstrap user who is not a superuser will still own many
important system objects, such as the pg_catalog schema, that
will likely allow that user to regain superuser status. Therefore,
allowing the superuser property to be removed from the superuser
creates a false perception of security where none exists.

Although removing superuser from the bootstrap user is also a bad idea
and should be considered unsupported in all released versions, no
back-patch, as this is a behavior change.

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diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b24b6dcad8..37260edbe48 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -693,7 +693,14 @@ AlterRole(ParseState *pstate, AlterRoleStmt *stmt)
 	 */
 	if (dissuper)
 	{
-		new_record[Anum_pg_authid_rolsuper - 1] = BoolGetDatum(boolVal(dissuper->arg));
+		bool	should_be_super = BoolGetDatum(boolVal(dissuper->arg));
+
+		if (!should_be_super && roleid == BOOTSTRAP_SUPERUSERID)
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
+					 errmsg("permission denied: bootstrap user must be superuser")));
+
+		new_record[Anum_pg_authid_rolsuper - 1] = should_be_super;
 		new_record_repl[Anum_pg_authid_rolsuper - 1] = true;
 	}