CVE-2026-7428
Insecure default administrative credentials in AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Insecure default administrative credentials in AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-7428- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
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-1392
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-29438
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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-29438- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fmcg-2r5c-wmhp
Prior to 2025-11-03, well-intended users of Terraform or REST API for Google Cloud AlloyDB for...
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.
- Record
GHSA-fmcg-2r5c-wmhp- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
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/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:Amber - Weakness
- CWE-1392
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-7428- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
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/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:Amber - Weakness
- CWE-1392
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-7428 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.2) in Google Cloud Alloydb For Postgresql, published May 12, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.