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SCA: security update for pgadmin4 (GHSA-27jx-ffw8-xrqv)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408768

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2024-3116)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-27jx-ffw8-xrqv

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 408768

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.83

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2024

Exploitable With

Metasploit (pgAdmin Binary Path API RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3116

cwe: CWE-77