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CVE-2025-2291

Assigner Org ID-f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007

Published At-16 Apr, 2025 | 18:00

Updated At-16 Apr, 2025 | 18:27

PgBouncer default auth_query does not take Postgres password expiry into account

Password can be used past expiry in PgBouncer due to auth_query not taking into account Postgres its VALID UNTIL value, which allows an attacker to log in with an already expired password

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Assigner:PostgreSQL

Assigner Org ID:f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007

Published At:16 Apr, 2025 | 18:00

Updated At:16 Apr, 2025 | 18:27

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PgBouncer default auth_query does not take Postgres password expiry into account

Password can be used past expiry in PgBouncer due to auth_query not taking into account Postgres its VALID UNTIL value, which allows an attacker to log in with an already expired password

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Product

PgBouncer

Default Status

unaffected

Versions

Affected

From 0 before 1.24.1 (semver)

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
CWE	CWE-324	Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date

Type: CWE

CWE ID: CWE-324

Description: Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date

Metrics

Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
3.1	8.1	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Version: 3.1

Base score: 8.1

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations

auth_user is set in PgBouncer and a Postgres user has password expiry configured using VALID UNTIL

Workarounds

Configure a custom auth_query containing the new default auth_query introduced in PgBouncer 1.24.1, this auth_query takes expiry into account

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://www.pgbouncer.org/changelog.html#pgbouncer-124x	N/A

Hyperlink: https://www.pgbouncer.org/changelog.html#pgbouncer-124x

Resource: N/A

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Source:f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007

Published At:16 Apr, 2025 | 18:16

Updated At:17 Apr, 2025 | 20:22

Password can be used past expiry in PgBouncer due to auth_query not taking into account Postgres its VALID UNTIL value, which allows an attacker to log in with an already expired password

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
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Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Secondary	3.1	8.1	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Type: Secondary

Version: 3.1

Base score: 8.1

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-324	Secondary	f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007

CWE ID: CWE-324

Type: Secondary

Source: f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
https://www.pgbouncer.org/changelog.html#pgbouncer-124x	f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007	N/A

Hyperlink: https://www.pgbouncer.org/changelog.html#pgbouncer-124x

Source: f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007

Resource: N/A

CVE-2025-2291

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PgBouncer default auth_query does not take Postgres password expiry into account

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