Missing Authorization Affecting pgbouncer/pgbouncer package, versions [,1.25.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PGBOUNCERPGBOUNCER-16750464
  • published1 Jun 2026
  • disclosed9 May 2026
  • creditHarutoKimura

Introduced: 9 May 2026

CVE-2026-6667  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pgbouncer/pgbouncer to version 1.25.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization in the KILL_CLIENT admin command. An attacker with access to admin console can can send stop the client without a proper authorization.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1