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title: "CVE-2026-83550: postgres-exporter - Information Disclosure & Denial of Service"
description: "postgres-exporter contains an information disclosure and denial of service vulnerability caused by exposed debug endpoints via blank import of net/http/pprof on unauthenticated metrics listener, letting remote attackers within cluster network access sensitive data and cause service disruption, exploit requires network access within cluster."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-83550/
---

# CVE-2026-83550 postgres-exporter - Information Disclosure & Denial of Service

postgres-exporter contains an information disclosure and denial of service vulnerability caused by exposed debug endpoints via blank import of net/http/pprof on unauthenticated metrics listener, letting remote attackers within cluster network access sensitive data and cause service disruption, exploit requires network access within cluster.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.21% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83550)

## Details

Type

Information Disclosure

Impact

Information Disclosure, Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Published

6 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-489](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/489.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version that disables or secures debug endpoints.

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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83550](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83550)
- [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-83550](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-83550)
- [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=2526444](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2526444)

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