CVE-2024-9014
Published: 23 September 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-9014 is a critical-severity Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522) vulnerability in Pgadmin Pgadmin 4. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
pgAdmin versions 8.11 and earlier contain a flaw in their OAuth2 authentication implementation that can expose the client ID and secret. The affected component is the pgAdmin web application, which uses these credentials to integrate with external identity providers. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-522 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.9.
An authenticated remote attacker can retrieve the OAuth2 client credentials and leverage them to obtain unauthorized access to user data. Because the attack requires only low-privilege credentials and no user interaction, an adversary with a valid pgAdmin account can escalate to full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact across the application scope.
The single reference points to a GitHub issue opened by the pgAdmin project; no advisory text or patch details are supplied in the available inputs. The EPSS score sits at 0.9288 with no material rise from a lower baseline.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-2825
Vulnerability details
pgAdmin versions 8.11 and earlier are vulnerable to a security flaw in OAuth2 authentication. This vulnerability allows an attacker to potentially obtain the client ID and secret, leading to unauthorized access to user data.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Training instructs users on protecting credentials from disclosure or unauthorized access.
Training records for security awareness and role-based training verify education on credential protection practices, tangibly reducing risks from mishandling or exposing credentials.
Protecting authenticator content from unauthorized disclosure and modification while requiring protective controls addresses insufficiently protected credentials.
Rules of behavior include credential protection and non-sharing requirements, reducing exposure of insufficiently protected credentials.
Terminating or revoking credentials stops use of insufficiently protected or lingering credentials post-termination.
Requiring confidentiality/integrity protection for stored credentials directly mitigates insufficiently protected credentials on disk or in configuration stores.
Credentials or keys delivered out-of-band are not exposed to interception or inadequate protection on the main transport.