CVE-2024-3116 — pgAdmin <= 8

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

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
pgadmin.org	pgAdmin 4	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-04-04T14:59:37.280Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-14T16:35:25.051Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7326
• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/aelmokhtar/689a8be7e3bd535ec01992d8ec7b2b98
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]…