{"id":"CVE-2026-92873","title":"Pgpool-II contains an incorrect implementation of an authentication algorithm, which may allow an unauthenticated attacker to promote an arbitrary watchdog node to the leader node.","summary":"Pgpool-II contains an incorrect implementation of an authentication algorithm, which may allow an unauthenticated attacker to promote an arbitrary watchdog node to the leader node.","severity":"high","cvss":7.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","cwe":["CWE-303"],"vendor":"Pgpool Global Development Group","product":"Pgpool-II","affected":["Pgpool-II >= 4.7.0 <= 4.7.2","Pgpool-II >= 4.6.0 <= 4.6.7","Pgpool-II >= 4.5.0 <= 4.5.12","Pgpool-II >= 4.4.0 <= 4.4.17","Pgpool-II >= 4.3.0 <= 4.3.20","Pgpool-II >= 3.5.x <= 4.2.x"],"published":"2026-09-30","updated":"2026-09-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-30T08:16:35.493","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92873","references":[{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN22475874/","label":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://pgpool.net/news/2026-09-29/","label":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-30T09:00:29.906Z","slug":"CVE-2026-92873","body":"## Overview\n\nPgpool-II contains an incorrect implementation of an authentication algorithm, which may allow an unauthenticated attacker to promote an arbitrary watchdog node to the leader node.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":40,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":40.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}