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TI-2026-05851 Aliases CVE-2026-6668GHSA-r96c-7w9v-wrc8

Integer overflow causes an infinite loop in packet buffer growth in PgBouncer

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-190Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Integer overflow in the packet buffer growth logic in PgBouncer through 1.25.2 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Sufficiently large input makes the buffer size computation overflow, leaving the growth loop unable to terminate. Because PgBouncer serves all clients from a single process, this saturates a CPU core and stalls every pooled connection until the process is killed. Both unauthenticated and authenticated code paths can reach the overflow.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00573 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—PgBouncerup to 1.25.2—No fix listedCNA
  • PgBouncer Vendor— Affected up to 1.25.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2026:70698 Released 2026-09-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images pgbouncer-1.26.0-0.1.hum1@aarch64, pgbouncer-1.26.0-0.1.hum1@src, pgbouncer-1.26.0-0.1.hum1@x86_64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Hardened ImagesFixed RHSA-2026:70698

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-6668
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r96c-7w9v-wrc8
  3. 2026-10-25 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM

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