CVE-2026-7428Insecure default administrative credentials in AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
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Prior to 2025-11-03, well-intended users of Terraform or REST API for Google Cloud AlloyDB for PostgreSQL could have created clusters with an insecure default password which could have been exploited by a remote attacker to gain full administrative access to the database. Exploitation required network access to the AlloyDB cluster and was limited to Terraform or the REST API, as other clients blocked it.
- CVSS
- 9.2 CRITICAL (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/U:Amber
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-1392
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GoogleCloud
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- May 12, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Google Cloud AlloyDB for PostgreSQL google_cloud:alloydb_for_postgresql (from the name) | before 2025-11-03 | CNA record |
References
- https://docs.cloud.google.com/alloydb/docs/release-notes#April_28_2026
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