Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-2291

Title: Pgbouncer

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-2291.

CWE Category CWE-324
Published Date Apr 16, 2025
Modified Date Dec 08, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.1 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.05%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-2291: 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

Impacted Vendors

P
pgbouncer 1
P
pgbouncer_project 1

Reference Links

https://www.pgbouncer.org/changelog.html#pgbouncer-124x https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00032.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
Severity HIGH
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-2291 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.