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GHSA-FMCG-2R5C-WMHP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-12 12:32 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:32

Details

Exploitation required network access to the AlloyDB cluster and was limited to Terraform or the REST API, as other clients blocked it.

Severity ?

9.2 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/U:Amber

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CVE-2026-7428 (GCVE-0-2026-7428)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-12 09:16 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:25 Exclusively Hosted Service

Title

Insecure default administrative credentials in AlloyDB for PostgreSQL

Summary

Prior to 2025-11-03, well-intended users of Terraform or REST API for Google Cloud AlloyDB for PostgreSQL could have created clusters with an insecure default password which could have been exploited by a remote attacker to gain full administrative access to the database. Exploitation required network access to the AlloyDB cluster and was limited to Terraform or the REST API, as other clients blocked it.

Severity ?

9.2 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/U:Amber

CWE

CWE-1392 - Use of default credentials

Assigner

GoogleCloud

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://docs.cloud.google.com/alloydb/docs/releas…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Google Cloud	AlloyDB for PostgreSQL	Affected: 0 , < 2025-11-03 (date)

Credits

Mark Lawrenson

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-FMCG-2R5C-WMHP

CVE-2026-7428 (GCVE-0-2026-7428)

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