Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File Affecting pghoard package, versions [0,]
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- published29 Jun 2026
- disclosed18 Jun 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 18 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-54711 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
pghoard is a PostgreSQL automatic backup/restore service daemon
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File via the debug log process. An attacker can obtain sensitive database credentials by accessing debug-level logs that contain connection information, including usernames and passwords.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by filtering out debug-level logs.