CVE-2025-2291
PgBouncer default auth_query does not take Postgres password expiry into account
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
Description
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
How to fix CVE-2025-2291
To remediate CVE-2025-2291, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Bitnami/pgbouncer—upgrade to 1.24.1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.15.0-1+deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2025-2291 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.24.1
- from 0, < 1.15.0-1+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |