CVE-2025-12819 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-12819

Untrusted search path in auth_query connection in PgBouncer

Vulnerability Description

Untrusted search path in auth_query connection handler in PgBouncer before 1.25.1 allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL during authentication via a malicious search_path parameter in the StartupMessage.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Thanks to Jason Tsang of Snowflake Inc. for finding this issue.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

PgBouncer
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 3rd, 2025
Last Modified: December 27th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)