Medium severity · published Jun 25, 2024
CVE-2024-6238
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…
5.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
P4
Pgadmin 4 · Pgadmin
before 8.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6238
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6238
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7605
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