9.9

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

Analyzed
AliasesSUSE-SU-2024:1340-1GHSA-rj98-crf4-g69wPYSEC-2026-453
Published 07-03-2024Last modified 13-02-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-2044 is a critical (CVSS 9.9) Path Traversal: 'dir\..\..\filename' vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 79.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Prioritiseweaponized exploit

Weaponized exploit (Metasploit, 04-03-2024)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.9/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
79.47%
0%100%
Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits2reference, metasploit

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13843-1

Timeline

  1. 07-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

79.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

100%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 79.47% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (shielder.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    pgAdmin Session Deserialization RCE

    exploit/multi/http/pgadmin_session_deserialization

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse11 products
  • pgadmin4&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 4.30-150300.3.12.1
  • pgadmin4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 4.30-150300.3.12.1
  • pgadmin4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 4.30-150300.3.12.1
  • pgadmin4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 4.30-150300.3.12.1
  • pgadmin4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5< 4.30-150300.3.12.1
Fedoraproject1 product
Opensuse1 product
  • pgadmin4&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 4.30-150300.3.12.1
Pgadmin1 product
Pgadmin.org1 product
PyPI1 product
  • pgadmin4< 8.4

6 vendors · 16 products

References

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