CVE-2022-0959 pgAdmin 4 Path Traversal vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published 16 Mar 2022 Updated 2 Aug 2024

Authenticated users can exploit path traversal to upload files to arbitrary locations, potentially leading to code execution.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2022-0959?

CVE-2022-0959 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in pgadmin, published on 16 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A malicious, but authorised and authenticated user can construct an HTTP request using their existing CSRF token and session cookie to manually upload files to any location that the operating system user account under which pgAdmin is running has permission to write.

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-434

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0959?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including pgadmin4. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`pgadmin4` PyPI	All versions	`6.7`
`pgadmin4` PyPI	All versions	`6.7`
`pgadmin4` PyPI	All versions	`6.7`

Linux distribution packages (3)

`pgadmin4` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3	All versions	`4.30-150300.3.3.1`
`pgadmin4` openSUSE:Leap 15.3	All versions	`4.30-150300.3.3.1`
`pgadmin4` openSUSE:Leap 15.4	All versions	`4.30-150300.3.3.1`

Products include Pgadmin Pgadmin 4.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0959?

Upgrade pgadmin4 to 6.7 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-0959 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0959 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cr8c-972v-rmp3, MGASA-2022-0257, PYSEC-2026-729, SUSE-SU-2022:1541-1.