What is CVE-2025-46801?

CVE-2025-46801 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pgpool Global Development Group Pgpool-ii, classified under Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-05-19.

How severe is CVE-2025-46801?

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

Is CVE-2025-46801 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Pgpool Global Development Group Pgpool-ii

CVE-2025-46801

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 th…

EPSS: 0.008 (51.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Pgpool Global Development Group Pgpool-ii — versions 4.6.0, 4.5.0 to 4.5.6, 4.4.0 to 4.4.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-305 — Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-46801?: CVE-2025-46801 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pgpool Global Development Group Pgpool-ii, classified under Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2025-46801?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-46801 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.