CVE-2025-22248: [pgpool] Unauthenticated access to postgres through pgpool
VMware · Bitnami
Vendor fix available · Affected: VMware Bitnami · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 44% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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 products2
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- VMware · BitnamiVersions not stated
- VMware · BitnamiVersions not stated
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Weakness
- Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default · Misconfiguration and Insecure Design
- Vendor
- VMware
- Published
- May 2025
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