Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') Affecting org.postgresql:postgresql package, versions [42.7.11,42.7.14)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGPOSTGRESQL-20571163
  • published8 Oct 2026
  • disclosed8 Oct 2026
  • creditmanus-pi

Introduced: 8 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-107314  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-636  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.postgresql:postgresql to version 42.7.14 or higher.

Overview

org.postgresql:postgresql is a Java JDBC 4.2 (JRE 8+) driver for PostgreSQL database.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') via the requireAuth property when it is configured to exclude all authentication methods or is left empty. An attacker can obtain database credentials by intercepting the authentication process and requesting cleartext password authentication. This is only exploitable if the requireAuth property is explicitly set to exclude all methods or is empty.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1