CVE-2024-2044 | Unsafe Deserialisation and Remote Code Execution by an Authenticated user in pgAdmin 4

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pgAdmin <= 8.3 is affected by a path-traversal vulnerability while deserializing users’ sessions in the session handling code. If the server is running on Windows, an unauthenticated attacker can load and deserialize remote pickle objects and gain code execution. If the server is running on POSIX/Linux, an authenticated attacker can upload pickle objects, deserialize them, and gain code execution.

Published: 2024-03-07 Last update: 2025-09-19 Assigner: f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007 Source: f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-2044 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 79.33%, 100th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-2044

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-2044

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 83.47% 79.33% -4.15%
2 2026-03-26 80.90% 83.47% +2.57%
3 2025-11-21 — 80.90% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-2044

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.9 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.1 6.0 f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-2044

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-2044

GHSA-rj98-crf4-g69w · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: pip — pgAdmin 4 vulnerable to Unsafe Deserialization and Remote Code Execution by an Authenticated user

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-2044

vendor priority summary link
suse high CVE-2024-2044 severity important: SUSE including 21 source package names (pgadmin4, pgadmin4-4.1-150100.3.9.2, …), 71 product×package rows across 21 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, … (21 product lines)): Fixed 61, Known Not Affected 10. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2044/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-2044

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pgadmin pgadmin_4 < 8.4 cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 40 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-2044

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