pgjdbc: Unbounded PBKDF2 iterations in SCRAM authentication allows CPU exhaustion DoS

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-42198
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-29 16:16:25 UTC
Updated2026-07-10 12:16:51 UTC
Descriptionpgjdbc is an open source postgresql JDBC Driver. From version 42.2.0 to before version 42.7.11, pgjdbc is vulnerable to a client-side denial of service during SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication. A malicious server can instruct the driver to perform SCRAM authentication with a very large iteration count. With a large enough value, the client spends an unbounded amount of CPU time inside PBKDF2 before authentication can fail. A single attempt ties up a CPU core. Repeated or concurrent attempts exhaust client CPU and can wedge connection pools. In affected versions, loginTimeout did not fully mitigate this problem. When loginTimeout expired, the caller could stop waiting, but the worker thread performing the connection attempt could continue running and burning CPU inside the SCRAM PBKDF2 computation. This issue has been patched in version 42.7.11.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.007700000 probability, percentile 0.512790000 (date 2026-07-12)

Problem Types: CWE-770 | CWE-770 CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling | CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPCVSS7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.10b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46cSecondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgresql Postgresql Jdbc Driver All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Pgjdbc Pgjdbc affected >= 42.2.0, < 42.7.11 Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream V. 10 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream V. 8 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream V. 9 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Build Of Quarkus 3.27.3.SP2 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not specified Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25030 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19098 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c bugzilla.redhat.com
github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/releases/tag/REL42.7.11 [email protected] github.com Release Notes
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42198.json 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c security.access.redhat.com
github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-98qh-xjc8-98pq [email protected] github.com Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24348 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42198 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22304 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
ADP2026-04-29T17:00:59.186ZReported to Red Hat.
ADP2026-04-29T15:58:49.174ZMade public.

Solutions

ADP: RHSA-2026:24348: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)

ADP: RHSA-2026:25030: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)

ADP: RHSA-2026:22304: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)

ADP: RHSA-2026:19098: Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.3.SP2

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