Description

pgAdmin <= 8.4 is affected by a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability through the validate binary path API. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server hosting PGAdmin, posing a severe risk to the database management system's integrity and the security of the underlying data.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-3116

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.4

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Products

Vendor: pgadmin.org

Product: pgAdmin 4

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 14.31% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 95.82% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7326
https://gist.github.com/aelmokhtar/689a8be7e3bd535ec01992d8ec7b2b98
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GIF5T34JTTYRGIN5YPT366BDFG6452A2/

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