CVE-2025-22248
[pgpool] Unauthenticated access to postgres through pgpool
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.4 Critical
- Published
- May 13, 2025
- Updated
- May 13, 2025
- Reserved
- Jan 2, 2025
Description
The bitnami/pgpool Docker image, and the bitnami/postgres-ha k8s chart, under default configurations, comes with an 'repmgr' user that allows unauthenticated access to the database inside the cluster. The PGPOOL_SR_CHECK_USER is the user that Pgpool itself uses to perform streaming replication checks against nodes, and should not be at trust level. This allows to log into a PostgreSQL database using the repgmr user without authentication. If Pgpool is exposed externally, a potential attacker could use this user to get access to the service. This is also present within the bitnami/postgres-ha Kubernetes Helm chart.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 9.4 Critical | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H | vmware |
Weaknesses
- CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
BitnamiVMware |
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BitnamiVMware |
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References
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