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CVE-2024-3116: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability through the validate binary path API in pgAdmin 4

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 65.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

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.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 39
• pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4: through 8.4

References

• https://gist.github.com/aelmokhtar/689a8be7e3bd535ec01992d8ec7b2b98
• https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7326
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIF5T34JTTYRGIN5YPT366BDFG6452A2/
• https://gist.github.com/aelmokhtar/689a8be7e3bd535ec01992d8ec7b2b98
• https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7326
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIF5T34JTTYRGIN5YPT366BDFG6452A2/
• https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-pgadmin-cve-2024-3116

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