What is CVE-2024-2044?

CVE-2024-2044 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pgadmin 4, classified under CWE-31. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2024-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-2044?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-2044 known to be exploited?

17 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Pgadmin 4

CVE-2024-2044

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.

EPSS: 0.795 (99.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-31

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2044?: CVE-2024-2044 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pgadmin 4, classified under CWE-31. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2024-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-2044?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2044 known to be exploited?: 17 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.