CVE-2026-107350
Improper authentication in PgBouncer 1.17.0 through 1.26.0 allows a remote attacker who knows the…
- Risk score
- 58/100
- CVSS
- 8.8 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.4%
- Published
- 14 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- Improper authentication in PgBouncer 1.17.0 through 1.26.0 allows a remote attacker who knows the password of a user listed in auth_file to log in as any other user that authenticates using SCRAM, including PgBouncer admin users and backend superusers. A second StartupMessage sent during SCRAM authentication against a…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 8.8 high
References
Original description
Improper authentication in PgBouncer 1.17.0 through 1.26.0 allows a remote attacker who knows the password of a user listed in auth_file to log in as any other user that authenticates using SCRAM, including PgBouncer admin users and backend superusers. A second StartupMessage sent during SCRAM authentication against a non-existent database is not rejected and switches the user being logged in as, while the SCRAM exchange is still verified against the keys of the first user.
Last activity 14 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.