VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2025-0218

When batch jobs are executed by pgAgent, a script is created in a temporary directory and then executed.

HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

When batch jobs are executed by pgAgent, a script is created in a temporary directory and then executed. In versions of pgAgent prior to 4.2.3, an insufficiently seeded random number generator is used when generating the directory name, leading to the possibility for a local attacker to pre-create the directory and thus prevent pgAgent from executing jobs, disrupting scheduled tasks.

CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.17% probability · 7th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-340, CWE-330
Affected: pgadmin/pgagent
Source: f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.