VDB
GHSA-5x78-73v4-xg6w
GHSA-5x78-73v4-xg6w
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
postgres-protocol: Unbounded SCRAM iteration count allows a malicious server to cause CPU-exhaustion denial of service
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wolfi | pgcat | 0 |
| crates.io | postgres-protocol | 0.3.0 |
| chainguard | pgcat | 0 |
Timeline
- Aug 24, 2026 CVE Published
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5x78-73v4-xg6w advisory
- https://github.com/rust-postgres/rust-postgres/commit/d40097a36a85068ea50a3afbf0ce154ba439e7f0 patch
- https://github.com/rust-postgres/rust-postgres/releases/tag/postgres-protocol-v0.6.12 url
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0179.html url