Name: CVE-2015-6817: Improper Authentication
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-6817, CWE-287, CVSS 8.1, EPSS 0.02163

PgBouncer 1.6.x before 1.6.1, when configured with auth_user, allows remote attackers to gain login access as auth_user via an unknown username.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 8.1
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade pgbouncer	Jul 30, 2024	May 23, 2017
Freebsd	—	Upgrade pgbouncer	Dec 10, 2025	Sep 9, 2015
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-db/pgbouncer.	Oct 30, 2017	May 23, 2017

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CVSS Details

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