CVE-2024-2044

Unsafe Deserialisation and Remote Code Execution by an Authenticated user in pgAdmin 4

CVSS 3.1 Critical 9.9

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

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.

Key data

CVSS 3.1 Critical 9.9

Score published by PostgreSQL in the CVE record.

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

Attack vector: Network
The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: Low
A basic user account is needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Changed
The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: High
Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: High
Serious or total effect on availability.

Metric	Value	What it means
Attack vector	Network	The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity	Low	No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required	Low	A basic user account is needed.
User interaction	None	No action from any user is needed.
Scope	Changed	The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one.
Confidentiality impact	High	Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact	High	Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact	High	Serious or total effect on availability.

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EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score: 0.79465 (79.5% probability)
Percentile: 99.6%
Scores of: Nov 10, 2026
Model: v2026.06.15

CISA assessment as of Mar 11, 2024

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Exploitation: Public proof of concept recorded by CISA
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE-31Path Traversal: 'dir\..\..\filename'

Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4
- affected: before 8.4

References

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Timeline

ID reservedFeb 29, 2024
Record publishedMar 7, 2024
Record last updatedFeb 13, 2025

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