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CVE-2021-3935 (GCVE-0-2021-3935)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-22 15:59
Modified
2025-11-03 19:26
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
When PgBouncer is configured to use "cert" authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established, despite the use of TLS certificate verification and encryption. This flaw affects PgBouncer versions prior to 1.16.1.
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