CVE-2026-42198

pgjdbc is an open source postgresql JDBC Driver. From version 42.2.0 to before version 42.7.11, pgjdbc is vulnerable to a client-side denial of service during SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication. A malicious server can instruct the driver to perform SCRAM authentication with a very large iteration count. With a large enough value, the client spends an unbounded amount of CPU time inside PBKDF2 before authentication can fail. A single attempt ties up a CPU core. Repeated or concurrent attempts exhaust client CPU and can wedge connection pools. In affected versions, loginTimeout did not fully mitigate this problem. When loginTimeout expired, the caller could stop waiting, but the worker thread performing the connection attempt could continue running and burning CPU inside the SCRAM PBKDF2 computation. This issue has been patched in version 42.7.11.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql_jdbc_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

01 May 2026, 12:51

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First Time Postgresql
Postgresql postgresql Jdbc Driver
CPE cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql_jdbc_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/releases/tag/REL42.7.11 - () https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/releases/tag/REL42.7.11 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-98qh-xjc8-98pq - () https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-98qh-xjc8-98pq - Vendor Advisory

30 Apr 2026, 15:48

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-04-29 16:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:47


NVD link : CVE-2026-42198

Mitre link : CVE-2026-42198

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42198


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Products Affected

postgresql

  • postgresql_jdbc_driver
CWE
CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling