Is CVE-2024-6238 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-6238 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-6238?

CVE-2024-6238 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.4 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-6238?

CVE-2024-6238 has an EPSS score of 0.25% (16th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6238?

Upgrade pgadmin 4 to 8.9 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-6238

HIGH

7.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-276

How to fix

Remediation Available

pgadmin 4NVD

Affected:< 8.9Fixed in:8.9CVE-2024-6238derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

16thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-276 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2013-0632	Critical	9.8	94%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-11610	High	8.8	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-29919	Critical	9.1	60%	-	-
CVE-2019-17124	Critical	9.8	23%	-	-
CVE-2020-12608	High	7.8	22%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-3437	Critical	9.8	16%	-	Fix

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2024-6238

Markdown

[![CVE-2024-6238](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2024-6238.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2024-6238)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2024-6238"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2024-6238.svg" alt="CVE-2024-6238"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-09-23.