CVE-2026-19888

NameCVE-2026-19888
DescriptionMissing validation of a mandatory attribute in the SCRAM client-final-message parser in PgBouncer through 1.25.2 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the process. A malformed message can make the parser report success while leaving a required value unset, which is then dereferenced as a NULL pointer. The crash occurs before any credential is verified, so no valid account is required. Because PgBouncer serves all clients from a single process, this terminates every pooled connection.
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Debian Bugs1148946

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pgbouncer (PTS)bookworm1.18.0-1+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie1.24.1-1+deb13u2vulnerable
forky1.26.0-6fixed
sid1.26.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pgbouncersource(unstable)1.26.0-11148946

Notes

Fixed by: https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/35749bc1c4e3c50dd5141071498066d85a011b85 (pgbouncer_1_26_0)

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