CVE-2026-19888 PgBouncer - Denial of Service

PgBouncer through 1.25.2 contains a null pointer dereference caused by missing validation of a mandatory attribute in the SCRAM client-final-message parser, letting unauthenticated remote attackers cause a denial of service by crashing the process, exploit requires no valid account.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.39% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Denial of Service
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
23 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-476

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version beyond 1.25.2.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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