OAuth2 client id and secret exposed through the web browser in pgAdmin 4

published 2024-09-23 2 y ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-2825 , GHSA-jm9x-rx9x-wpqj , PYSEC-2026-1775

cvss: 9.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 9.7%; EPSS 9.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits: 0; none known, plus a Nuclei check

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3 distros 2

pypi pgadmin4 8.12
pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4 8.12
postgresql pgadmin_4 8.12

suse opensuse

pgadmin4 SLE Module for Python 3 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 8.5-150600.3.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:3771-1

pgadmin4 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14983-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-9014 updated 2025-11-21

pgadmin4: OAuth2 issue in pgAdmin 4

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-23)

Exploit prediction

9.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Nuclei template pgAdmin 4 - Authentication Bypass nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
OSV	3.1	8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
pypi	pgadmin4	<8.12	8.12

Affected products

pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4
postgresql pgadmin_4

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

github.com /pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7945
issue-tracking, web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9014
advisory
github.com /pgadmin-org/pgadmin4
package
pgadmin.org /docs/pgadmin4/8.12/release_notes_8_12.html
web
pypi.org /project/pgadmin4
package
github.com /advisories/GHSA-jm9x-rx9x-wpqj
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary