pgAdmin up to 8.8 on Debian/Red Hat permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in pgAdmin up to 8.8 on Debian/Red Hat. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation results in permission. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-6238. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in pgAdmin up to 8.8 on Debian/Red Hat. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-275. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

pgAdmin <= 8.8 has an installation Directory permission issue. Because of this issue, attackers can gain unauthorised access to the installation directory on the Debian or RHEL 8 platforms.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-6238 since 06/21/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

Upgrading to version 8.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

pgAdmin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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CNA Base Score: 7.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: pgAdmin 8.9

Timelineinfo

06/21/2024 🔍
06/25/2024 +4 days 🔍
06/25/2024 +0 days 🔍
09/23/2025 +455 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 7605
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-6238 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-269676

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2024 23:00
Updated: 09/23/2025 05:10
Changes: 06/25/2024 23:00 (64), 10/30/2024 19:02 (2), 09/23/2025 05:10 (11)
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