CVE-2024-6238 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

pgAdmin <= 8.8 has an installation Directory permission issue. Because of this issue, attackers can gain unauthorised access to the installation directory on the Debian or RHEL 8 platforms.

Published: 2024-06-25

Score: 7.4 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

pgadmin.org

pgAdmin 4

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 8.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-47366	pgAdmin <= 8.8 has an installation Directory permission issue. Because of this issue, attackers can gain unauthorised access to the installation directory on the Debian or RHEL 8 platforms.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00067.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7605

History

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Pgadmin Pgadmin pgadmin 4
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4::::::postgresql::*
Vendors & Products		Pgadmin Pgadmin pgadmin 4

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-276

Subscriptions

Pgadmin Pgadmin 4

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: PostgreSQL

Published: 2024-06-25T16:12:12.960Z

Updated: 2024-10-30T15:35:29.424Z

Reserved: 2024-06-21T03:17:49.237Z

Link: CVE-2024-6238

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:33:05.447Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-25T16:15:25.727

Modified: 2025-09-23T01:47:35.057

Link: CVE-2024-6238

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-276

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