CVE-2024-2044
Unsafe Deserialisation and Remote Code Execution by an Authenticated user in pgAdmin 4
CRITICAL 9.4EPSS 79.5%
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.
- Affected
- pgadmin.org · pgAdmin 4
- CVSS v4.0 GitHub
- 9.4 CRITICAL
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - CVSS v3.1 CNA
- 9.9 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 79.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- Published
- 2024-03-07
- Updated
- 2025-02-13
Proof-of-concept exploits (2)
- https://www.shielder.com/advisories/pgadmin-path-traversal_leads_to_unsafe_deserializatio…
- hanzzly/CVE-2024-20441★ · 2026-09-13
Metasploit modules (1)
Security advisories
- pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7258
- https://www.shielder.com/advisories/pgadmin-path-traversal_leads_to_unsafe_deserializatio…
- advisories/GHSA-rj98-crf4-g69w