Scheduled-job denial via predictable temporary directory
Published Jan 7, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Predictable temporary-directory generation in pgAgent before 4.2.3 allows local users to interrupt scheduled batch jobs. Job::Execute combines job and step identifiers with a seven-character generateRandomString value, then aborts the batch step if the resulting directory already exists. A local user with write access to the shared temporary directory can pre-create the predicted path, blocking job scripts and disrupting scheduled tasks.
Summary
What happened
Predictable temporary-directory generation in pgAgent before 4.2.3 allows local users to interrupt scheduled batch jobs. Job::Execute combines job and step identifiers with a seven-character generateRandomString value, then aborts the batch step if the resulting directory already exists. A local user with write access to the shared temporary directory can pre-create the predicted path, blocking job scripts and disrupting scheduled tasks.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-0218
- Published
- Jan 7, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- pgAdmin Development Team
- Product
- pgAgent
- Classifications
- CWE-330, CWE-340
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 7, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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