CVE-2015-6817
PgBouncer 1.6.x before 1.6.1, when configured with auth_user, allows remote attackers to gain login access as auth_user via an unknown username.
02 Description
PgBouncer 1.6.x before 1.6.1, when configured with auth_user, allows remote attackers to gain login access as auth_user via an unknown username.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-05-23 03:56Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-09-05
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5b859e06c6f451cf0226a737280ef23a4a011871bd9dcbc5e06782f87ce2fc1f
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/7ca3e5279d05fceb1e8a043c6f5b6f58dea3ed38
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-24https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24
- comments.gmane.orghttp://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.pgbouncer.general/1251
- pgbouncer.github.iohttps://pgbouncer.github.io/2015/09/pgbouncer-1-6-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150905 Re: CVE Request: PgBouncer: failed auth_query lookup leads to connection as auth_userhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/7
- github.comhttps://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/69
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pgbouncer Fixed in 1.6.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pgbouncer Fixed in 1.6.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pgbouncer Fixed in 1.6.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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