CVE-2025-2291

criticalpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.37% (31st) EPSS

CVSS 9.8 · critical

Is it mine?

14 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Password can be used past expiry in PgBouncer due to auth_query not taking into account Postgres its VALID UNTIL value, which allows an attacker to log in with an already expired password

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.1–9.8

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-324USCWE-324US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Open Source PgBouncer <1.24.1all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source PgBouncer< 1.24.1cert_bundDE
n/a PgBouncer0 → 1.24.1enisa_euvdEU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.8fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 4.7fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 12fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения PgBouncer≤ 1.24.1fstec_bduRU
debian debian linux= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pgbouncer pgbouncer< 1.24.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pgbouncer:pgbouncer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami pgbouncer< 1.24.1osvUSpkg:bitnami/pgbouncer

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-0842PgBouncer: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen von SicherheitsvorkehrungenDeutsch2025-04-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in PgBouncer ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
BIT-pgbouncer-2025-2291PgBouncer default auth_query does not take Postgres password expiry into account2025-04-18vendor · osvUS
Password can be used past expiry in PgBouncer due to auth_query not taking into account Postgres its VALID UNTIL value, which allows an attacker to log in with an already expired password

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-04-16modified 2026-06-17

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://www.pgbouncer.org/Patchcnnvd
https://www.pgbouncer.org/changelog.html#pgbouncer-124x cnnvd
https://www.pgbouncer.org/changelog.html#pgbouncer-124x enisa_euvd
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00032.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisorynvd
https://www.pgbouncer.org/changelog.html#pgbouncer-124xRelease Notesnvd

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