CVE-2023-1907
Pgadmin ≤ 7.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-1907 is a high-severity Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session (CWE-488) vulnerability in Pgadmin Pgadmin. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Services File Permissions Weakness (T1574.010); ranked at the 37th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2023-1907 is a vulnerability in pgAdmin, specifically affecting instances running in server mode with LDAP authentication. It occurs when multiple connection attempts happen simultaneously, causing a logging user to be attached to another user's session. The issue is associated with CWE-488 (inconsistent interpretations of HTTP requests) and CWE-276 (incorrect default permissions), and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.0 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
A low-privileged authenticated user (PR:L) can exploit this over the network (AV:N), though it requires high attack complexity (AC:H) and user interaction (UI:R). Successful exploitation allows the attacker to hijack another user's session, resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a changed scope (S:C) that may affect additional resources.
Mitigation details are available in the Red Hat security advisory at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1907 and the related Bugzilla entry at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218384.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-0015
Vulnerability Data
A vulnerability was found in pgadmin. Users logging into pgAdmin running in server mode using LDAP authentication may be attached to another user's session if multiple connection attempts occur simultaneously.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 7 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
AC-3 enforces access decisions that can be scoped to the correct session context.
AC-4 controls information flows between entities, reducing cross-session leakage.
Requires least-privilege defaults so that installed files are not world-writable by default.
Requires documented, restrictive configuration settings that cover file and directory permissions.
SC-4 directly stops unintended transfer of data through shared resources that different sessions may access.
Enforces access restrictions on changes, including permission settings applied during installation or configuration.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Lifecycle management can encompass permission settings, yet the control is too broad to specifically mitigate incorrect defaults.
Enforcing authorization policies and least privilege can prevent cross-session data exposure when session separation is treated as an access rule.
Protecting data-in-use directly addresses runtime leakage of session data to unauthorized contexts.
Logical access controls and segmentation can be applied to isolate session state within applications or environments.
Hardened baselines and configuration management explicitly require correct default file permissions.
Secure SDLC practices include establishing secure defaults, but address only the development-phase portion of the weakness.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (higher-evidence rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Windows Server 2016 (2 rules)
- V-224833 Permissions for program file directories must conform to minimum requirements. blocks CWE-276
- V-224834 Permissions for the Windows installation directory must conform to minimum requirements. blocks CWE-276
Windows Server 2019 (2 rules)
- V-205735 Windows Server 2019 permissions for program file directories must conform to minimum requirements. blocks CWE-276
- V-205736 Windows Server 2019 permissions for the Windows installation directory must conform to minimum requirements. blocks CWE-276