# CVE-2023-22298: pgAdmin 4 Open Redirect vulnerability

> Remote attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via crafted URLs, enabling phishing attacks against pgAdmin 4 users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-894c-rg7f-3c62, PYSEC-2026-894, SUSE-SU-2023:1739-1

## What is CVE-2023-22298?

CVE-2023-22298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 17 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Open redirect vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 versions prior to v6.14 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to redirect a user to an arbitrary web site and conduct a phishing attack by having a user to access a specially crafted URL.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22298?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including pgadmin4. It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `pgadmin4` | PyPI | All versions | 6.14 |
| `pgadmin4` | PyPI | All versions | 6.14 |
| `pgadmin4` | PyPI | All versions | 6.14 |
| `pgadmin4` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 | All versions | 4.30-150300.3.6.1 |
| `pgadmin4` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | All versions | 4.30-150300.3.6.1 |
| `pgadmin4` | openSUSE:Leap 15.4 | All versions | 4.30-150300.3.6.1 |

Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Pgadmin Pgadmin 4.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-22298?

Upgrade pgadmin4 to 6.14 or later.

## Is CVE-2023-22298 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22298 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-22298 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-22298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 17 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22298 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- pgadmin4 (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 6.14
- pgadmin4 (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 6.14
- pgadmin4 (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 6.14

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22298/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22298/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-22298
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22298
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-22298

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22298/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.