pgAdmin 4 Installation Directory permission issue

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  "id": "a961743436b80c659308632a31efa399d920f9d284b3b19d5bb72d04b0f39cdb",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6238",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "pgAdmin 4 Installation Directory permission issue",
    "summary": "pgAdmin <= 8.8 has an installation Directory permission issue. Because of this issue, attackers can gain unauthorised access to the installation directory on the Debian or RHEL 8 platforms.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-6238",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-6238",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-6238"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "7d0bbf30ec940a4501e971c59c72b0134ed4f05e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "8.9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "8.9"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "REL-8_8",
            "REL-8_7",
            "REL-8_6",
            "REL-8_5",
            "REL-8_4",
            "REL-8_3",
            "REL-8_2",
            "REL-8_1",
            "REL-8_0",
            "REL-7_8",
            "REL-7_7",
            "REL-7_6",
            "REL-7_5",
            "REL-7_4",
            "REL-7_3",
            "REL-7_2",
            "REL-7_1",
            "REL-7_0",
            "REL-6_21",
            "REL-6_20",
            "REL-6_19",
            "REL-6_18",
            "REL-6_17",
            "REL-6_16",
            "REL-6_15",
            "REL-6_14",
            "REL-6_13",
            "REL-6_12",
            "REL-6_11",
            "REL-6_10",
            "REL-6_9",
            "REL-6_8",
            "REL-6_7",
            "REL-6_6",
            "REL-6_5",
            "REL-6_4",
            "REL-6_3",
            "REL-6_2",
            "REL-6_1",
            "REL-6_0",
            "REL-5_7",
            "REL-5_6",
            "REL-5_5",
            "REL-5_4",
            "REL-5_3",
            "REL-5_2",
            "REL-5_1",
            "REL-5_0",
            "REL-4_30",
            "REL-4_29",
            "REL-4_28",
            "REL-4_27",
            "REL-4_26",
            "REL-4_25",
            "REL-4_24",
            "REL-4_23",
            "REL-4_22",
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            "REL-4_20",
            "REL-4_19",
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            "REL-4_5",
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            "REL-4_3",
            "REL-4_2",
            "REL-4_1",
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            "REL-3_6",
            "REL-3_5",
            "REL-3_4",
            "REL-3_3",
            "REL-3_2",
            "REL-3_1",
            "REL-3_0",
            "REL-2_1",
            "REL-2_0",
            "REL-2_0-RC2",
            "REL-2_0-RC1",
            "REL-1_6",
            "REL-1_5",
            "REL-1_4",
            "REL-1_3",
            "REL-1_2",
            "REL-1_1",
            "REL-1_0",
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            "REL-1_0-BETA4",
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            "REL-1_0-BETA2",
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-6238.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:37.970084304Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/6xxx/CVE-2024-6238.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6238",
        "https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7605",
        "https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "PostgreSQL",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/6xxx/CVE-2024-6238.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-6238",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 505172,
  "published_at": "2024-06-25T16:12:12.96+00:00"
}