CVE-2025-22248

CRITICAL EPSS 35.2%
Published May 13, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.4 CVSS 4.0
Critical
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Published May 13, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.4
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Adjacent
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
35.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-1188

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
broadcombitnami* <16.0.0
broadcombitnami\/pgpool* <4.6.0-1

References 1

  • github.com https://github.com/bitnami/charts/security/advisories/GHSA-mx38-x658-5fwj
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.