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title: "CVE-2026-92871: Pgpool-II - Denial of Service"
description: "Pgpool-II contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to cause abnormal termination of the watchdog process, leading to denial of service."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-92871/
---

# CVE-2026-92871 Pgpool-II - Denial of Service

Pgpool-II contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to cause abnormal termination of the watchdog process, leading to denial of service.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.29% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92871)

## Details

Type

Denial of Service

Impact

Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published

30 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-476](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of Pgpool-II.

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-2026-92871](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92871)
- [https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN22475874/](https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN22475874/)
- [https://pgpool.net/news/2026-09-29/](https://pgpool.net/news/2026-09-29/)

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