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TI-2026-05852 Aliases CVE-2026-6669GHSA-58j7-v2vx-r29w

Unbounded SCRAM iteration count causes CPU exhaustion in PgBouncer

Priority LOW 27CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
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-400.

Summary

Missing upper bound on the key derivation iteration count accepted during SCRAM authentication to a backend server in PgBouncer through 1.25.2 allows a malicious or compromised PostgreSQL backend to cause uncontrolled CPU consumption in PgBouncer. The resulting key derivation cannot be interrupted in frontend builds such as PgBouncer. Because PgBouncer serves all clients from a single process, one backend can in this way stop it from serving traffic for every other database and client it is pooling, so the failure of a single backend is not contained.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0042 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

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

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: Moderate. 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-2026-6669
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-58j7-v2vx-r29w

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