Remote Code Execution Vulnerability through the validate binary path API in pgAdmin 4 (pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4)

CVE-2024-3116

HIGH 7.4

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 65.81 % · percentile 99 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2024-04-04 14:59 UTC
Updated: 2025-03-14 16:35 UTC
Assigner: PostgreSQL
NVD status: Modified

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Description

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L	PostgreSQL
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L	NVD · f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007 (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL 9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Advisories

GHSA-27jx-ffw8-xrqv — pgAdmin Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability
PYSEC-2026-1767 — pgAdmin Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-1054
GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-3116

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:* ≤ 8.4
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
pgadmin.org · pgAdmin 4	affected 0 < 8.5

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

⚠️ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability through the validate binary path API in pgAdmin 4 (pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4)