CVE-2024-3116 | Remote Code Execution Vulnerability through the validate binary path API in pgAdmin 4

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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.

Published: 2024-04-04 Last update: 2025-03-17 Assigner: f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007 Source: f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-3116 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 90.68%, 100th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +10.42% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-3116

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-3116

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 2025-11-21 80.26% 90.68% +10.42%
2 2025-11-18 90.68% 80.26% -10.42%
3 2025-09-29 — 90.68% —

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-3116

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.4 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L 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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 3.1 3.7 f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
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.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-3116

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-3116

GHSA-27jx-ffw8-xrqv · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — pgAdmin Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-3116

vendor priority summary link
suse critical CVE-2024-3116 severity critical: SUSE including 12 source package names (pgadmin4, pgadmin4-8.5-1.1, …), 57 product×package rows across 18 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS, … (18 product lines)): Known Not Affected 48, Fixed 9. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3116/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-3116

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pgadmin pgadmin_4 <= 8.4 cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 39 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-3116

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