CVE-2024-2044
9.9
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 79.5% (pctl 100)
Patch early
EPSS 79.5% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
pgAdmin <= 8.3 is affected by a path-traversal vulnerability while deserializing users’ sessions in the session handling code. If the server is running on Windows, an unauthenticated attacker can load and deserialize remote pickle objects and gain code execution. If the server is running on POSIX/Linux, an authenticated attacker can upload pickle objects, deserialize them, and gain code execution.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.9 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 79.47% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-31 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2024-03-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| pgadmin | pgadmin 4 |
References
- https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7258
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LUYN2JXKKHFSVTASH344TBRGWDH64XQV/
- https://www.shielder.com/advisories/pgadmin-path-traversal_leads_to_unsafe_deserialization_and_rce/
- https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7258
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LUYN2JXKKHFSVTASH344TBRGWDH64XQV/
- https://www.shielder.com/advisories/pgadmin-path-traversal_leads_to_unsafe_deserialization_and_rce/
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