CVE-2026-107349 (GCVE-0-2026-107349)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-14 17:34 – Updated: 2026-10-16 20:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Infinite loop on empty option name in startup options parameter in PgBouncer
Summary
An infinite loop in PgBouncer 1.20.0 through 1.26.0 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service. A StartupMessage whose options parameter contains an empty parameter name, such as "-c=", makes the ignore_startup_parameters list lookup loop forever. Because PgBouncer serves all clients from a single process, this saturates a CPU core and makes PgBouncer unresponsive to all clients until the process is restarted.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 20:19 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
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