CVE-2024-3116

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.

Published: Apr 4, 2024
Updated: May 4, 2025
CVE: CVE-2024-3116
GHSA: GHSA-27jx-ffw8-xrqv
Severity: Critical
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Critical
Score: 9.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
pgadmin4	-	8.5
pgadmin / pgadmin_4	-	8.4.x
fedoraproject / fedora	39	39.x

https://gist.github.com/aelmokhtar/689a8be7e3bd535ec01992d8ec7b2b98
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/fbbbfe22dd468bcfef1e1f833ec32289a6e56a8b
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7326
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIF5T34JTTYRGIN5YPT366BDFG6452A2
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

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2024-3116