High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 13, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-22248
CVE-2025-22248
Description
The bitnami/pgpool Docker image, and the bitnami/postgres-ha k8s chart, under default configurations, comes with an 'repmgr' user that allows unauthenticated access to the database inside the cluster. The PGPOOL_SR_CHECK_USER is the user that Pgpool itself uses to perform streaming replication checks against nodes, and should not be at trust level. This allows to log into a PostgreSQL database using the repgmr user without authentication. If Pgpool is exposed externally, a potential attacker could use this user to get access to the service. This is also present within the bitnami/postgres-ha Kubernetes Helm chart.
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Affected products
6- cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:bitnami\/pgpool:*:*:*:*:*:docker:*:*Range: <4.6.0-1
- VMware/Bitnamiv5Range: *
Patches
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References
1- github.com/bitnami/charts/security/advisories/GHSA-mx38-x658-5fwjnvdVendor Advisory
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