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Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-7816

pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4

pgAdmin 4: OS command injection in Import/Export query export via psql metacommand breakout

CVSS 4.0
8.7High

Official description

OS command injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 Import/Export query export. User-supplied input was interpolated directly into a psql \copy metacommand template without sanitization. An authenticated user could inject ") TO PROGRAM 'cmd'" to break out of the \copy (...) context and achieve arbitrary command execution on the pgAdmin server, or ") TO '/path'" for arbitrary file write. Additional fields (format, on_error, log_verbosity) were also raw-interpolated and exploitable. Fix adds a parens-balance parser modeled on psql's strtokx tokenizer, allow-lists format/on_error/log_verbosity, rejects null bytes in the query, and tightens type and gating checks. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.15.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.7High 4.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (PostgreSQL) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (PostgreSQL) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4 9.4 ≤ v < 9.15 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-05-11
Last updated
2026-05-26
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
PostgreSQL

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.44%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
73.4%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-78
    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')