github - ghsa-w2p4-p4rh-qcm3

ghsa-w2p4-p4rh-qcm3

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-11-13 15:30

Modified

2025-11-13 17:39

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Summary

pgAdmin4 vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) when running in server mode

Details

pgAdmin versions up to 9.9 are affected by a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability that occurs when running in server mode and performing restores from PLAIN-format dump files. This issue allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary commands on the server hosting pgAdmin, posing a critical risk to the integrity and security of the database management system and underlying data.

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CVE-2025-12762 (GCVE-0-2025-12762)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-11-13 13:00

Modified

2025-12-01 19:14

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Summary

pgAdmin versions up to 9.9 are affected by a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability that occurs when running in server mode and performing restores from PLAIN-format dump files. This issue allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary commands on the server hosting pgAdmin, posing a critical risk to the integrity and security of the database management system and underlying data.

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9320

issue-tracking

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	pgadmin.org	pgAdmin 4	Version: 0 <

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