CVE-2022-4223

2022-12-1316:15:26

CWE-94

CWE-862

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pgadmin

http api

security vulnerability

cve-2022-4223

unauthenticated user

executable execution

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

8.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.016 Low

EPSS

Percentile

87.4%

JSON

The pgAdmin server includes an HTTP API that is intended to be used to validate the path a user selects to external PostgreSQL utilities such as pg_dump and pg_restore. The utility is executed by the server to determine what PostgreSQL version it is from. Versions of pgAdmin prior to 6.17 failed to properly secure this API, which could allow an unauthenticated user to call it with a path of their choosing, such as a UNC path to a server they control on a Windows machine. This would cause an appropriately named executable in the target path to be executed by the pgAdmin server.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

pgadmin4Range≤6.17

CPENameOperatorVersion
postgresql:pgadminpostgresql pgadminlt6.17

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
postgresql:pgadmin	postgresql pgadmin	lt	6.17

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "pgadmin4",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "pgadmin4 6.17",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]