Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql-jdbc security update

An update for postgresql-jdbc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilit...

Security update for postgresql-jdbc (important)

openSUSE security update: security update for postgresql-jdbc ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20847-1 Rating: important References: bsc1264174 Cross-References: CVE-2026-42198 CVSS scores: CVE-2026-42198 SUSE : 7.5...

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20847-1 Security update for postgresql-jdbc

This update for postgresql-jdbc fixes the following issue - CVE-2026-42198: Client-side Denial of Service via malicious SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication bsc1264174...

CVE-2026-6478

A flaw was found in PostgreSQL. This vulnerability, a covert timing channel, exists in the comparison of MD5-hashed passwords during authentication. A remote attacker could exploit this to recover user credentials, gaining unauthorized access to the database. This issue specifically impacts...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : postgresql-jdbc (SUSE-SU-2026:2028-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2028-1 advisory. This update for postgresql-jdbc fixes the following issue - CVE-2026-42198: client-side denial of service via malicious SCRAM-SHA-256...

Taking Cryptography out of the Data Path Via Near-Memory Processing in DRAM

Cryptographic algorithms such as AES-128 and SHA-256 are fundamental to ensuring data security and integrity. Although these algorithms are computationally efficient, their performance is often constrained by the processor-centric architectures e.g., CPUs, GPUs, primarily due to the memory...

CVE-2026-6478 PostgreSQL discloses MD5-hashed passwords via covert timing channel

Covert timing channel in comparison of MD5-hashed password in PostgreSQL authentication allows an attacker to recover user credentials sufficient to authenticate. This does not affect scram-sha-256 passwords, the default in all supported releases. However, current databases may have MD5-hashed...

PT-2026-40923

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PostgreSQL versions prior to 18.4 PostgreSQL versions prior to 17.10 PostgreSQL versions prior to 16.14 PostgreSQL versions prior to 15.18 PostgreSQL versions prior to 14.23 Description A covert timing channel exists during the comparison of...

SUSE CVE-2026-42198

pgjdbc 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...

CVE-2026-42198

A flaw was found in pgjdbc, an open-source PostgreSQL JDBC Driver. A malicious server can exploit this vulnerability by instructing the driver to perform SCRAM-SHA-256 Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism Secure Hash Algorithm 256 authentication with an excessively large iteration...

CVE-2026-40542

A flaw was found in Apache HttpClient. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass a critical step in the SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication process. By exploiting this, an attacker can trick the client into accepting authentication without proper mutual verification, potentially compromising...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-40542

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Missing critical step in authentication in Apache HttpClient 5.6 allows an attacker to cause the client to accept SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication without proper...

Improper Authentication

Apache HttpClient is vulnerable to Improper Authentication. The vulnerability is due to a missing verification step in SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication, which allows an attacker to bypass proper mutual authentication checks and be accepted by the client...

SUSE CVE-2026-40542

Missing critical step in authentication in Apache HttpClient 5.6 allows an attacker to cause the client to accept SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication without proper mutual authentication verification. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.6.1, which fixes this issue...

CVE-2026-40542

Missing critical step in authentication in Apache HttpClient 5.6 allows an attacker to cause the client to accept SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication without proper mutual authentication verification. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.6.1, which fixes this issue...

CVE-2026-40542

Missing critical step in authentication in Apache HttpClient 5.6 allows an attacker to cause the client to accept SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication without proper mutual authentication verification. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.6.1, which fixes this issue...

CVE-2026-40542 Apache HttpClient: SCRAM-SHA-256 mutual authentication bypass may cause the client to accept authentication without proper mutual authentication verification

Missing critical step in authentication in Apache HttpClient 5.6 allows an attacker to cause the client to accept SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication without proper mutual authentication verification. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.6.1, which fixes this issue...

PT-2026-34264

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache HttpClient version 5.6 Description A missing critical step in authentication allows an attacker to cause the client to accept SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication without proper mutual authentication verification. Recommendations Upgrade to...

CVE-2025-68702 Jervis has a SHA-256 Hex String Padding Bug

Jervis is a library for Job DSL plugin scripts and shared Jenkins pipeline libraries. Prior to 2.2, Jervis uses padLeft32, '0' when it should use padLeft64, '0' because SHA-256 produces 32 bytes which equates to 64 hex characters. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.2...

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Overview net.gleske:jervis is a Self service Jenkins job generation using Jenkins Job DSL plugin groovy scripts. Reads .jervis.yml and generates a job in Jenkins. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm due to improper padding of SHA-25...