CVE-2026-104055 json
Monitoring-user password logged in cleartext by postgres_exporter in postgresql VM charm
published last mo. modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-91803
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The postgresql-operator charm runs a Prometheus postgres_exporter to collect database metrics using a dedicated "monitoring" PostgreSQL user. On database connection errors, the exporter writes the monitoring user's password in cleartext to its logs. Any actor able to read those logs can recover the password, which grants read-only pg_monitor access to PostgreSQL. This is fixed in the dev track (14/edge) in revisions 1189 (arm64) and 1190 (amd64), and in the stable track (14/stable) in revisions 1216 (arm64) and 1217 (amd64).
Patch / fix
- Canonical postgresql-operator 1189, 1190, 1216, 1217
- github.com/canonical/postgresql-operator#1863 pull request
- github.com/canonical/charmed-postgresql-snap#305 pull request
- github.com/canonical/charmed-postgresql-snap#307 pull request
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last mo.
Exploit prediction
0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- Canonical postgresql-operator
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-104055
- NVD CVE-2026-104055
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