# CVE-2024-3116: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability through the validate binary path API in pgAdmin 4

- Exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-04
- CVSS: 7.4 HIGH (v3.1)
- EPSS: 65.8% (99th percentile)

pgAdmin <= 8.4 is affected by a  Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability through the validate binary path API. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server hosting PGAdmin, posing a severe risk to the database management system's integrity and the security of the underlying data.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Before feed history | — | — |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | Before feed history | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | Rule published | 2024-05-21 | 47 |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### F5

- 2024-05-21 · new · rule 200103404
  > Added: signature 200103404 "pgAdmin Remote Command Execution" (Command Execution, risk High), systems: PostgreSQL, Python. References: CVE-2024-3116.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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