TI-2023-08596 Aliases CVE-2023-22332 GHSA-w496-f5jm-w9c3

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Pgpool-II

LOW 30CWE-312Published 2023-01-30 · Updated 2025-11-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-312.

Summary

Information disclosure vulnerability exists in Pgpool-II 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 (4.4 series), 4.3.0 to 4.3.4 (4.3 series), 4.2.0 to 4.2.11 (4.2 series), 4.1.0 to 4.1.14 (4.1 series), 4.0.0 to 4.0.21 (4.0 series), All versions of 3.7 series, All versions of 3.6 series, All versions of 3.5 series, All versions of 3.4 series, and All versions of 3.3 series. A specific database user's authentication information may be obtained by another database user. As a result, the information stored in the database may be altered and/or database may be suspended by a remote attacker who successfully logged in the product with the obtained credentials.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00704 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Pgpool Global Development Group	Pgpool-II	4.4.0 to 4.4.1 (4.4 series), 4.3.0 to 4.3.4 (4.3 series), 4.2.0 to 4.2.11 (4.2 series), 4.1.0 to 4.1.14 (4.1 series), 4.0.0 to 4.0.21 (4.0 series), All versions of 3.7 series, All versions of 3.6 series, All versions of 3.5 series, All versions of 3.4 series, and All versions of 3.3 series	—	No fix listed	CNA

Pgpool-II VendorPgpool Global Development Group Affected 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 (4.4 series), 4.3.0 to 4.3.4 (4.3 series), 4.2.0 to 4.2.11 (4.2 series), 4.1.0 to 4.1.14 (4.1 series), 4.0.0 to 4.0.21 (4.0 series), All versions of 3.7 series, All versions of 3.6 series, All versions of 3.5 series, All versions of 3.4 series, and All versions of 3.3 series Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:pgpool:pgpool-ii::::::::	3.3.0 – 3.7.12; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.22; 4.1.0 to before 4.1.15; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.12; 4.3.0 to before 4.3.5; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.2	Vulnerable	Pgpool

cpe:2.3:a:pgpool:pgpool-ii:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.0 – 3.7.12; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.22; 4.1.0 to before 4.1.15; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.12; 4.3.0 to before 4.3.5; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.2 Vulnerable ·Pgpool

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-22332
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w496-f5jm-w9c3

References

Advisory 2

TI-2025-29434 Authentication bypass in Pgpool-II CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
TI-2026-62564 Stack-based buffer overflow in Pgpool-II CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2026-62565 NULL pointer dereference in Pgpool-II CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2026-62561 Out-of-bounds write in Pgpool-II CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2024-30643 Information disclosure in Pgpool-II CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-62567 Pgpool-II contains an incorrect implementation of an authentication algorithm, which may… CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9

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Sources

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