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CVE-2022-4223

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 79.93% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-12-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. It affects Windows. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 79.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2022-4223
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
79.93%
Windows

Original NVD 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.

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