CVE-2024-2044
pgAdmin 4 vulnerable to Unsafe Deserialization and Remote Code Execution by an Authenticated user
9.9
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 83.5%
Description
pgAdmin prior to version 8.4 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.
How to fix CVE-2024-2044
To remediate CVE-2024-2044, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 8.4 or later
Is CVE-2024-2044 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 83.5%, placing CVE-2024-2044 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 8.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | 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 |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |