CVE-2024-3116

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability through the validate binary path API in pgAdmin 4

Published Apr 4, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.4 High EPSS 65.8% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-27jx-ffw8-xrqv pgAdmin Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Pgadmin pgadmin 4
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:* cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*
Vendors & Products Pgadmin pgadmin
Pgadmin pgadmin 4
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Postgresql
Postgresql pgadmin 4
Weaknesses CWE-77
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Postgresql
Postgresql pgadmin 4
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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. 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.
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject fedora
Pgadmin
Pgadmin pgadmin
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject fedora
Pgadmin
Pgadmin pgadmin
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
PostgreSQL
Published
Updated
Mar 14, 2025, 4:35 PM
Reserved
Mar 30, 2024, 3:46 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 4, 2024, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:43 AM