CVE-2026-92869Network attack vectorHinoki check available

Process crash via unbounded watchdog peer arrays

Published Sep 30, 2026 · Updated Sep 30, 2026

Out-of-bounds write in Pgpool-II 3.5 through 4.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to crash a process via a crafted watchdog message. The watchdog peer-configuration parser insufficiently bounds the backend_desc and wd_nodes JSON arrays before writing into fixed-size arrays. Exploitation requires enabled, reachable watchdog communication and peer access; the documented consequence is process termination or memory corruption, not established code execution.

CVSS severity7.1
High
EPSS probability0.25%
Next 30 days · Oct 19, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Out-of-bounds write in Pgpool-II 3.5 through 4.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to crash a process via a crafted watchdog message. The watchdog peer-configuration parser insufficiently bounds the backend_desc and wd_nodes JSON arrays before writing into fixed-size arrays. Exploitation requires enabled, reachable watchdog communication and peer access; the documented consequence is process termination or memory corruption, not established code execution.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-92869
Published
Sep 30, 2026
Updated
Sep 30, 2026
Vendor
Pgpool Global Development Group
Product
Pgpool-II
Classifications
CWE-787, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 30, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 30, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=3.5.x <=4.2.x
  2. Affected versionversion=4.3.0 <=4.3.20
  3. Affected versionversion=4.4.0 <=4.4.17
  4. Affected versionversion=4.5.0 <=4.5.12
  5. Affected versionversion=4.6.0 <=4.6.7
  6. Affected versionversion=4.7.0 <=4.7.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Pgpool Global Development Group · Pgpool-IIversion=3.5.x <=4.2.x; version=4.3.0 <=4.3.20; version=4.4.0 <=4.4.17; version=4.5.0 <=4.5.12; version=4.6.0 <=4.6.7; version=4.7.0 <=4.7.2

Published CVSS scores

6.5JPCERT/CC and IPACVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.1JPCERT/CC and IPACVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 22, 2026Sep 28, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 28, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

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