Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting pgbouncer package, versions <0:1.26.0-0.1.hum1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PGBOUNCER-20129695
  • published25 Sept 2026
  • disclosed23 Sept 2026

Introduced: 23 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-6668  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 pgbouncer to version 0:1.26.0-0.1.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:70698.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pgbouncer package and not the pgbouncer package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the packet buffer growth logic in PgBouncer through 1.25.2 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Sufficiently large input makes the buffer size computation overflow, leaving the growth loop unable to terminate. Because PgBouncer serves all clients from a single process, this saturates a CPU core and stalls every pooled connection until the process is killed. Both unauthenticated and authenticated code paths can reach the overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1