CVE-2026-6665

High

Description

The SCRAM code in PgBouncer before 1.25.2 did not check the return value of strlcat() correctly when building the contents of the SCRAM client-final-message. A malicious backend that sends a SCRAM server-final-message with a long nonce can trigger a stack overflow.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.1
Exploit probability—
ProductPgbouncer
PublishedMay 9, 2026
First seenMay 9, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-121CWE-121

How to fix

Update
  • pgbouncer pgbouncer1.25.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pgbouncer pgbouncerv < 1.25.21.25.2

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