What is CVE-2024-56142?

CVE-2024-56142 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Aiven-Open Pghoard, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-56142?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Aiven-Open Pghoard

CVE-2024-56142

pghoard is a PostgreSQL backup daemon and restore tooling that stores backup data in cloud object stores. A vulnerability has been discovered that could allow an attacker to acquire disk access with privileges equivalent to those of pghoard, allowing for unintended path traversal. Depending on the permissions/privileges assigned to pghoard, this could allow disclosure of sensitive information. This issue has been addressed in releases after 2.2.2a. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.004 (34.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Aiven-open Pghoard — versions <= 2.2.2a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56142?: CVE-2024-56142 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Aiven-Open Pghoard, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-56142?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.