Deserialization of Untrusted Data in pgAdmin - CVE-2024-2044
Published: March 11, 2024 / Updated: April 17, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87340
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2044
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: PlanGenius Admin
Affected software:
pgAdmin
pgAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data inside the file management functionality. A remote attacker can can load and deserialize remote pickle objects and gain code execution.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Note, the vulnerability does not require authentication for Windows installations, however authentication is requires for Linux based installations.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-2044
Install updates from vendor's website.