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CVE-2026-7428: Insecure default administrative credentials in AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.2 v4.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-05-12 · updated 2026-10-26
- Weakness: CWE-1392
Description
Prior to 2025-11-03, well-intended users of Terraform or REST API for Google Cloud AlloyDB for PostgreSQL could have created clusters with an insecure default password which could have been exploited by a remote attacker to gain full administrative access to the database. Exploitation required network access to the AlloyDB cluster and was limited to Terraform or the REST API, as other clients blocked it.
Affected products
- Google Cloud AlloyDB for PostgreSQL: before 2025-11-03 — fixed in 2025-11-03
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Cloud AlloyDB for PostgreSQL 2025-11-03. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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