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CVE-2024-3116
Command Injection in pgadmin4 (CVE-2024-3116)
Summary
command injection in pgadmin4 (CVE-2024-3116). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `8.5` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2024-3116** has been found in pgadmin4.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade pgadmin4 to **8.5** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "pgadmin4 CVE-2024-3116" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-3116 (pgadmin4) — CWE-77 /
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: `8.5` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-77) exists in pgadmin4.
📍 Affected scope
pgadmin4 — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **8.5**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'pgadmin4' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'pgadmin4' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `pgadmin4` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade pgadmin4 to 8.5ステージング環境で 8.5 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
pgadmin4
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References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3116
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-27jx-ffw8-xrqv
- package https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4
- package https://pypi.org/project/pgadmin4
- web https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7326
- web https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/fbbbfe22dd468bcfef1e1f833ec32289a6e56a8b
- web https://gist.github.com/aelmokhtar/689a8be7e3bd535ec01992d8ec7b2b98
- web https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GIF5T34JTTYRGIN5YPT366BDFG6452A2
- web https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-pgadmin-cve-2024-3116