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high 8.8

CVE-2022-4223 in the critical feed json

pgadmin4 vulnerable to Code Injection

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-3v6v-2x6p-32mc , PYSEC-2026-893 , EUVD-2022-7489

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
80.1%
EPSS 80.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The pgAdmin server includes an HTTP API that is intended to be used to validate the path a user selects to external PostgreSQL utilities such as pg_dump and pg_restore. The utility is executed by the server to determine what PostgreSQL version it is from. Versions of pgAdmin prior to 6.17 failed to properly secure this API, which could allow an unauthenticated user to call it with a path of their choosing, such as a UNC path to a server they control on a Windows machine. This would cause an appropriately named executable in the target path to be executed by the pgAdmin server.

Patch / fix

  • pypi pgadmin4 6.17
  • pgadmin pgadmin_4 6.17

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-4223 updated cvss 8.8

pgadmin4: Unauthenticated remote code execution while validating the binary path

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

80.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template pgAdmin < 6.17 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi pgadmin4
<6.17
6.17

Affected products

  • n/a pgadmin4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

Sources

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