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.
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-1188

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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.
Title [pgpool] Unauthenticated access to postgres through pgpool
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2025-05-13T09:13:30.613Z

Updated: 2025-05-13T13:10:31.070Z

Reserved: 2025-01-02T04:30:19.929Z

Link: CVE-2025-22248

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-13T13:10:26.931Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-05-13T10:15:22.600

Modified: 2025-05-13T19:35:18.080

Link: CVE-2025-22248

cve-icon Redhat

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