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pgagent — security advisory
When batch jobs are executed by pgAgent, a script is created in a temporary directory and then executed. In versions of pgAgent prior to 4.2.3, an insufficiently seeded random number generator is used when generating the directory name, leading to the possibility for a local attacker to pre-create the directory and thus prevent pgAgent from executing jobs, disrupting scheduled tasks.
- Products
- pgagent
- Affected versions
- 3.4.0-3build1, 3.4.1-1, 3.4.1-1build1, 3.4.1-2, 3.4.1-4, 3.4.1-5, 3.4.1-5build1, 4.0.0-5, 4.0.0-6, 4.0.0-6build1, 4.0.0-8build1, 4.2.1-2, 4.2.2-2build1, 4.2.2-3, 4.2.2-3build1, 4.2.2-3build2, 4.2.3-2, 4.2.3-2build2, 4.2.3-4, 4.2.3-4build1, 4.2.3-5
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-0218
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
When batch jobs are executed by pgAgent, a script is created in a temporary directory and then executed. In versions of pgAgent prior to 4.2.3, an insufficiently seeded random number generator is used when generating the directory name, leading to the possibility for a local attacker to pre-create the directory and thus prevent pgAgent from executing jobs, disrupting scheduled tasks.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-0218
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Complete source record
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