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CVE-2024-9014

OAuth2 client id and secret exposed through the web browser in pgAdmin 4

Severity Score

9.9
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

3
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

pgAdmin versions 8.11 and earlier are vulnerable to a security flaw in OAuth2 authentication. This vulnerability allows an attacker to potentially obtain the client ID and secret, leading to unauthorized access to user data.

This update for pgadmin4 fixes the following issues. Fixed socket.io: unhandled 'error' event. Fixed requirejs: prototype pollution via function config. Fixed requirejs: prototype pollution via function s.contexts._.configure. Fixed axios: server-side request forgery due to requests for path relative URLs being processed as protocol relative URLs in axios. Fixed micromatch: vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service. Fixed braces: fails to limit the number of characters it can handle, which could lead to Memory Exhaustion. Fixed webpack: DOM clobbering gadget in AutoPublicPathRuntimeModule could lead to XSS Fixed elliptic: ECDSA signature verification error due to leading zero may reject legitimate transactions in elliptic. Fixed elliptic: Missing Validation in Elliptic's EDDSA Signature Verification. Fixed OAuth2 issue that could lead to information leak.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-09-19 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-09-23 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-23 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-26 First Exploit
  • 2025-07-20 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Pgadmin.org
Search vendor "Pgadmin.org"
 PgAdmin 4
Search vendor "Pgadmin.org" for product "PgAdmin 4"
 < 8.12
Search vendor "Pgadmin.org" for product "PgAdmin 4" and version " < 8.12"
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Affected