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CVE-2015-6817
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2017-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-287
Description
PgBouncer 1.6.x before 1.6.1, when configured with auth_user, allows remote attackers to gain login access as auth_user via an unknown username.
Affected products
- PgBouncer: 1.6
References
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.pgbouncer.general/1251
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/7
- https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/7ca3e5279d05fceb1e8a043c6f5b6f58dea3ed38
- https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/69
- https://pgbouncer.github.io/2015/09/pgbouncer-1-6-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.pgbouncer.general/1251
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/7
- https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/7ca3e5279d05fceb1e8a043c6f5b6f58dea3ed38
- https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/69
- https://pgbouncer.github.io/2015/09/pgbouncer-1-6-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-24
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