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title: "CVE-2024-2044: pgAdmin 4 vulnerable to Unsafe Deserialization and Remote Code Execution by an Authenticated user"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-2044/
description: "CVE-2024-2044 (pgAdmin4 (PyPI)): pgAdmin Fixes, deadlines and original sources."
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-03-07
date_modified: 2025-02-13
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-2044"
kev: false
cvss: 9.4
epss: 0.79465
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
---

# CVE-2024-2044: pgAdmin 4 vulnerable to Unsafe Deserialization and Remote Code Execution by an Authenticated user

**Signal:** High exploit likelihood. EPSS ranks it in the top 5% of all CVEs for likely exploitation in the next 30 days. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Not in CISA KEV , but CISA’s SSVC assessment records a public proof-of-concept, so attack code exists.
- EPSS 79.5% , percentile 99.6: FIRST’s model estimates a 79.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (very high). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (low (any account)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes pgAdmin4 (PyPI) < 8.4, fixed in 8.4 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

pgAdmin

## Affected packages

- PyPI `pgAdmin4` < 8.4 → fixed: 8.4

## Affected products (CVE record)

- pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4: < 8.4

## Severity

- PostgreSQL CVSS 3.1: 9.9 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 4.0: 9.4 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation poc , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 79.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 99.6.

## Sources

- [shielder.com](https://www.shielder.com/advisories/pgadmin-path-traversal_leads_to_unsafe_deserialization_and_rce/)
- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-rj98-crf4-g69w](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rj98-crf4-g69w)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-2044](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2044)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-2044](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2044)
- [github.com](https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7258)
- [lists.fedoraproject.org](https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LUYN2JXKKHFSVTASH344TBRGWDH64XQV/)
- [github.com](https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/4e49d752fba72953acceeb7f4aa2e6e32d25853d)

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