CVE-2025-0218: pgAgent scheduled batch job scripts are created in a predictable temporary directory potentially allowing a denial of service
Medium (5.5)
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Description
When batch jobs are executed by pgAgent, a script is created in a temporary directory and then executed. In versions of pgAgent prior to 4.2.3, an insufficiently seeded random number generator is used when generating the directory name, leading to the possibility for a local attacker to pre-create the directory and thus prevent pgAgent from executing jobs, disrupting scheduled tasks.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-0218
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
Affected Products
Vendor: n/a
Product: pgAgent
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 0.11488 (how common is this exploit)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-05 (when was this score calculated)