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CVE-2025-22248: [pgpool] Unauthenticated access to postgres through pgpool
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-05-13 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-1188
Description
The bitnami/pgpool Docker image, and the bitnami/postgres-ha k8s chart, under default configurations, comes with an 'repmgr' user that allows unauthenticated access to the database inside the cluster. The PGPOOL_SR_CHECK_USER is the user that Pgpool itself uses to perform streaming replication checks against nodes, and should not be at trust level. This allows to log into a PostgreSQL database using the repgmr user without authentication. If Pgpool is exposed externally, a potential attacker could use this user to get access to the service. This is also present within the bitnami/postgres-ha Kubernetes Helm chart.
Affected products
- Broadcom Bitnami: before 16.0.0 — fixed in 16.0.0
- Broadcom Bitnami/Pgpool: before 4.6.0-1 — fixed in 4.6.0-1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Broadcom Bitnami 16.0.0; Broadcom Bitnami/Pgpool 4.6.0-1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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