CVE-2021-3935 (GCVE-0-2021-3935)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-22 15:59 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:26
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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.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2021251 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.pgbouncer.org/changelog.html#pgbouncer-116x | x_refsource_MISC |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025… |
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