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Medium · 4.8 CVE-2024-56142 EUVD-2024-3540GHSA-m9hc-vxjj-4x6qPYSEC-2026-1778

Path Traversal in pghoard

Published Dec 17, 2024 · Updated Dec 18, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pghoard is a PostgreSQL backup daemon and restore tooling that stores backup data in cloud object stores. A vulnerability has been discovered that could allow an attacker to acquire disk access with privileges equivalent to those of pghoard, allowing for unintended path traversal. Depending on the permissions/privileges assigned to pghoard, this could allow disclosure of sensitive information. This issue has been addressed in releases after 2.2.2a. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Aiven-Open pghoard <= 2.2.2a —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI pghoard < 2.6.1-rc 2.6.1-rc GHSA-m9hc-vxjj-4x6q

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