CVE-2026-53572

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.95.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 76% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Elevated
5.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

KEDA is a Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaling component. Prior to 2.20.0, pkg/scalers/postgresql_scaler.go constructs libpq-style connection strings from tenant-controlled host, port, userName, dbName, sslmode, and password values, while escapePostgreConnectionParameter() only quotes values containing a literal space. Tabs, newlines, carriage returns, form feeds, vertical tabs, quotes, and backslashes can therefore create additional key-value tokens when pgx parses the string. An attacker able to create or modify a TriggerAuthentication or ScaledObject can inject host or sslmode parameters, redirect the database connection to an attacker-controlled server, expose credentials, or disable intended TLS protection. This issue is fixed in version 2.20.0.

CVSS v3
5.9
EG Score
5.9(medium)
EG Risk
43(Track)
EG Risk 43/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity59% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
24%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 7, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 21, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github, github_pr, github_commit, github_release.
github_release Patch Available

v2.20.0

Patch available: kedacore/keda v2.20.0

https://github.com/kedacore/keda/releases/tag/v2.20.0
github_commit

commit 703de9dec86c (kedacore/keda)

Fix landed in kedacore/keda commit 703de9dec86c — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/kedacore/keda/commit/703de9dec86cb25b6ecfa4948880a90487344d3f
github_pr

Escape PostgreSQL connection string whitespace

Fix merged in kedacore/keda PR #7787 on 2026-05-27 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/7787
generic

PostgreSQL scaler generated connection strings do not quote all whitespace · Issue #7784 · kedacore/keda · GitHub

https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7784
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

PostgreSQL connection string parameter injection via incomplete whitespace escaping · Advisory · kedacore/keda · GitHub

https://github.com/kedacore/keda/security/advisories/GHSA-6w3m-4hhp-775q

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-53572(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/kedacore/keda———
github.com/kedacore/keda/v2—2.20.0—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 14× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-30 07:40 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-27 23:54 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-27 01:51 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-25 18:28 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-25 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-24 14:58 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-23 17:06 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-21 21:25 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-31 01:56 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-26 12:34 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-23 03:19 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-08 00:12 UTCEG score recompute

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53572?
CVE-2026-53572 is a medium vulnerability published on July 7, 2026. KEDA is a Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaling component. Prior to 2.20.0, pkg/scalers/postgresql_scaler.go constructs libpq-style connection strings from tenant-controlled host, port, userName, dbName, sslmode, and password values, while escapePostgreConnectionParameter() only quotes values…
When was CVE-2026-53572 disclosed?
CVE-2026-53572 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 7, 2026, with the most recent update on August 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-53572 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53572 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 75.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53572?
CVE-2026-53572 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53572?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-53572, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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