by Kastro CVE-2025-22248
VMware Bitnami — [pgpool] Unauthenticated access to postgres through pgpool
Description · from the CVE record
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
ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Bitnami< 4.6.0-debian-12-r84.6.0-debian-12-r8CNA
Bitnami< 16.0.016.0.0CNA
Scores by source
vmware (CNA)9.4CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total