Pgpool-II provided by PgPool Global Development Group contains an authentication bypass by primary weakness vulnerability. if the vulnerability is exploited, an attacker may be able to log in to the system as an arbitrary user, allowing them to read or tamper with data in the database, and/or disable the database.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5974 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5974-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                                  Aron Xu     August 13, 2025                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : pgpool2     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-45624 CVE-2025-46801     Debian Bug     : 1081659 1106119

    Two security issues were found in pgpool-II, the connection pool server     and replication proxy for PostgreSQL, which could result in authentication     bypass and exposure of sensitive information.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed     in version 4.3.5-1+deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your pgpool2 packages.

    For the detailed security status of pgpool2 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/pgpool2

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4334 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4334-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                   Bastien Roucaris     October 16, 2025                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : pgpool2     Version        : 4.1.4-3+deb11u2     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-46801     Debian Bug     : 1106119

    An authentication bypass was found in n pgpool-II, the connection pool server     and replication proxy for PostgreSQL.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     4.1.4-3+deb11u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your pgpool2 packages.

    For the detailed security status of pgpool2 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/pgpool2

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Pgpool-II provided by PgPool Global Development Group contains an authentication bypass by primary     weakness vulnerability. if the vulnerability is exploited, an attacker may be able to log in to the system     as an arbitrary user, allowing them to read or tamper with data in the database, and/or disable the     database. (CVE-2025-46801)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
277737	Debian dsa-5974 : libpgpool-dev - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
270674	Debian dla-4334 : libpgpool-dev - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
256085	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-46801	Nessus	Misc.	critical

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