CVE-2025-12819 (GCVE-0-2025-12819)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-03 19:00 – Updated: 2025-12-27 16:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Untrusted search path in auth_query connection in PgBouncer
Summary
Untrusted search path in auth_query connection handler in PgBouncer before 1.25.1 allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL during authentication via a malicious search_path parameter in the StartupMessage.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-03 19:11 UTC
CWE
- CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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