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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-19888 EUVD-2026-85365GHSA-w79m-39mq-x36c

NULL pointer dereference in SCRAM client-final-message parsing in PgBouncer

Published Sep 23, 2026 · Updated Sep 23, 2026 · Assigned by PostgreSQL

Description

Missing 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— PgBouncer ≤ 1.25.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 pgbouncer 1.26.0-1 —
Debian 13 pgbouncer No fix yet —
Debian 12 pgbouncer No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 pgbouncer No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS pgbouncer No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS pgbouncer No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS pgbouncer No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pgbouncer No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS pgbouncer No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS pgbouncer No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 pgbouncer 1.26.0-0.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:70698

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 pgbouncer 1.26.0-1 —

Advisories 2

References