CVE-2024-3116
Remote Code Execution Vulnerability through the validate binary path API in pgAdmin 4
- Published
- Apr 4, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- PostgreSQL
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1Making a lab and testing the CVE-2024-3116, a Remote Code Execution in pgadmin <=8.4
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