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CVE-2026-54291
pgjdbc is an open source postgresql JDBC Driver. In releases 42.7.4 through 42.7.11, channelBinding=require connections can be silently downgraded from SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS with channel binding to plain
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.2
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.24% · Oct 25, 2026
pgjdbc is an open source postgresql JDBC Driver. In releases 42.7.4 through 42.7.11, channelBinding=require connections can be silently downgraded from SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS with channel binding to plain SCRAM-SHA-256 without it, losing the man-in-the-middle protection the setting is meant to guarantee. An attacker who can intercept the TLS connection can trigger the downgrade with a certificate whose signature algorithm has no tls-server-end-point channel-binding hash, because the bundled com.ongres.scram:scram-client returns an empty byte array instead of failing and pgJDBC ScramAuthenticator checks only that the server advertised a PLUS mechanism, without rejecting the empty binding or checking that the negotiated mechanism uses channel binding. This issue is fixed in version 42.7.12.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libpgjava | sid | 42.7.14-1 | fixed |
| Debian | libpgjava | forky | 42.7.14-1 | fixed |
| Debian | libpgjava | trixie | 42.7.7-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | libpgjava | bookworm | 42.5.5-0+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| Cpe | libpgjava | Not reported | Not reported | vulnerable |
| Cpe | postgresql_jdbc_driver | Not reported | 42.7.12 | fixed |
| Maven | org.postgresql:postgresql | Not reported | 42.7.12 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libpgjava | source | sid | 42.7.12-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | libpgjava | source | forky | 42.7.12-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | libpgjava | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | libpgjava | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cpe | postgresql_jdbc_driver | cpe | Not reported | 42.7.12 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Maven | org.postgresql:postgresql | maven | Not reported | 42.7.12 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Notes
[trixie] libpgjava: Minor issue [bookworm] libpgjava: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libpostgresql-jdbc-java]Affected
Source package: [libpgjava]
Details (2)
42.5.5-0+deb12u1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · libpgjava · debian · bookworm; nvd · libpgjava · debian · 12
42.5.5-0+deb12u1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · libpgjava · debian · bookworm; nvd · libpgjava · debian · 12
- [libpostgresql-jdbc-java-doc]Affected
Source package: [libpgjava]
Details (2)
42.5.5-0+deb12u1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · libpgjava · debian · bookworm; nvd · libpgjava · debian · 12
42.5.5-0+deb12u1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · libpgjava · debian · bookworm; nvd · libpgjava · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libpostgresql-jdbc-java]Affected
Source package: [libpgjava]
Details (2)
42.7.7-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · libpgjava · debian · 13
42.7.7-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · libpgjava · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j92g-9f8w-j867]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54291]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-54291]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-54291]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-54291.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-2199.json]
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