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CVE-2023-0241

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-03-27
  • Fixed in6.19
  • WeaknessCWE-22

Am I affected?

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Description

pgAdmin 4 versions prior to v6.19 contains a directory traversal vulnerability. A user of the product may change another user's settings or alter the database.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-03-2721:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Pgadmin pgadmin 4
BranchAffectedFixed in
6.19< 6.196.19

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As redhat, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • pgadmin
    Affected
    • = pgadmin 6.19no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-03-27

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • pgadmin4SUSE:Manager Server 4.2all versions · fixed in 4.30-150300.3.9.1
  • pgadmin4SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.2all versions · fixed in 4.30-150300.3.9.1
  • pgadmin4SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3all versions · fixed in 4.30-150300.3.9.1
  • pgadmin4SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSSall versions · fixed in 4.30-150300.3.9.1
  • pgadmin4SUSE:Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3all versions · fixed in 4.30-150300.3.9.1
  • pgadmin4SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4all versions · fixed in 4.30-150300.3.9.1
  • pgadmin4SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSall versions · fixed in 4.30-150300.3.9.1
  • pgadmin4SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOSall versions · fixed in 4.30-150300.3.9.1

3 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Pgadmin pgadmin 4 to 6.19

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-02-19
  • NVDCVSS 3.16.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-22known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-22read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score8.8 %2026-11-08
  • OSVaffected packages—
  • GitHub AdvisoriesadvisoryMODERATE2023-04-03

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Published
2023-03-27
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-9crj-hpxh-f6qg

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0241?

pgAdmin 4 versions prior to v6.19 contains a directory traversal vulnerability. A user of the product may change another user's settings or alter the database.

Is CVE-2023-0241 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-0241, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-0241?

CVE-2023-0241 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

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