CVE-2022-4223

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 13, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:20 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedorapgAdmin 4

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 80%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The pgAdmin server includes an HTTP API that is intended to be used to validate the path a user selects to external PostgreSQL utilities such as pg_dump and pg_restore. The utility is executed by the server to determine what PostgreSQL version it is from. Versions of pgAdmin prior to 6.17 failed to properly secure this API, which could allow an unauthenticated user to call it with a path of their choosing, such as a UNC path to a server they control on a Windows machine. This would cause an appropriately named executable in the target path to be executed by the pgAdmin server.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.176.17
Affected range stops below 6.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94CWE-862

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