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CVE-2022-4223

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-4223 is a critical vulnerability in pgAdmin versions prior to 6.17, affecting products like fedoraproject fedora and pgadmin_4. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution by exploiting an insecure HTTP API that validates external PostgreSQL utility paths. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code in the form of Nuclei templates exists, indicating a high potential for exploitation, despite limited community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
79.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2022-4223 · Jan 22, 2026
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7993 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pgadmin4Fixed in: 6.17

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-3v6v-2x6p-32mchigh

pgadmin4 vulnerable to Code Injection

Dec 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-4223Important

pgadmin4: Unauthenticated remote code execution while validating the binary path

Dec 2, 2022

References

github.com / pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/5593
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5EYTPKHVFSDCETBJI7LBZE4EYHBPN2Q
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