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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.