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CVE-2024-6238

Because of this issue, attackers can gain unauthorised access to the installation directory on the Debian or RHEL 8 platforms.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.25%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.25% probability · 16th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-276
Affected
pgadmin/pgadmin 4
Source
f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.25%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.