CVE-2023-5002 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A flaw was found in pgAdmin. This issue occurs when the pgAdmin server HTTP API validates the path a user selects to external PostgreSQL utilities such as pg_dump and pg_restore. Versions of pgAdmin prior to 7.6 failed to properly control the server code executed on this API, allowing an authenticated user to run arbitrary commands on the server.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Pgadmin	Pgadmin 4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2239164
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/6763
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2S24D3S2GVNGTDNE6SF2OQSOPU3H72UW/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VIRTMQZEE6K7RD37ERZ2UFYFLEUXLQU3/

History

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Pgadmin pgadmin 4
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin::::::postgresql::*	cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4::::::postgresql::*
Vendors & Products	Pgadmin pgadmin	Pgadmin pgadmin 4

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2023-09-22T13:31:43.124Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:44:53.739Z

Reserved: 2023-09-15T16:22:28.547Z

Link: CVE-2023-5002

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:44:53.739Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-22T14:15:47.213

Modified: 2025-03-17T16:43:52.873

Link: CVE-2023-5002

Redhat

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