What is CVE-2018-16203?

CVE-2018-16203 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pgpool Pgpooladmin. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-16203?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pgpool Pgpooladmin

CVE-2018-16203

PgpoolAdmin 4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the login authentication and obtain the administrative privilege of the PostgreSQL database via unspecified vectors.

Published 2019-01-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pgpool Pgpooladmin
Pgpool Global Development Group Pgpooladmin — versions 4.0 and earlier

References

pgpool.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page (Vendor Advisory)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13199224/index.html (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16203?: CVE-2018-16203 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pgpool Pgpooladmin. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-16203?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.