Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-2291

High

Published: 16 April 2025

Published
16 April 2025
Modified
08 December 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0006 17.5th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-2291 is a high-severity Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date (CWE-324) vulnerability in Pgbouncer Pgbouncer. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 17.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Password can be used past expiry in PgBouncer due to auth_query not taking into account Postgres its VALID UNTIL value, which allows an attacker to log in with an already expired password

CWE(s)
CWE-324

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

pgbouncer
pgbouncer
≤ 1.24.1
debian
debian linux
11.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management
addresses: CWE-324

Key-management requirements enforce lifecycle controls that prevent continued use of expired or superseded keys.

References