Bitnami Pgpool/PGHA: Unauthenticated repmgr User Enables DB Access
CVE-2025-22248 Published on May 13, 2025
[pgpool] Unauthenticated access to postgres through pgpool
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.
Weakness Type
Insecure Default Initialization of Resource
The software initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the administrator, but the default is not secure.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-22248
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Affected Versions
VMware Bitnami:- Version * and below 4.6.0-debian-12-r8 is affected.
- Version * and below 16.0.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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