CVE-2024-56142: Path Traversal in pghoard

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-12-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

pghoard is a PostgreSQL backup daemon and restore tooling that stores backup data in cloud object stores. A vulnerability has been discovered that could allow an attacker to acquire disk access with privileges equivalent to those of pghoard, allowing for unintended path traversal. Depending on the permissions/privileges assigned to pghoard, this could allow disclosure of sensitive information. This issue has been addressed in releases after 2.2.2a. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

Aiven-Open pghoard: through 2.2.2a

References

https://github.com/Aiven-Open/pghoard/security/advisories/GHSA-m9hc-vxjj-4x6q

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