CVE-2024-2044 Unsafe Deserialisation and Remote Code Execution by an Authenticated user in pgAdmin 4

2024-03-0720:48:10

PostgreSQL

www.cve.org

pgadmin

deserialisation

remote code execution

path-traversal vulnerability

windows

posix/linux

authenticated user

unauthenticated attacker

pickle objects

9.9 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

9.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

53.0%

JSON

pgAdmin <= 8.3 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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "modules": [
      "User Session"
    ],
    "product": "pgAdmin 4",
    "programFiles": [
      "https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/blob/master/web/pgadmin/utils/session.py"
    ],
    "repo": "https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4",
    "vendor": "pgadmin.org",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "8.4",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]