pgAdmin 4 versions up to 9.9 are affected by a command injection vulnerability on Windows systems. This issue is caused by the use of shell=True during backup and restore operations, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary system commands by providing specially crafted file path input.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rm79-x4g6-hvg5 pgAdmin 4 has command injection vulnerability on Windows systems
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-78
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Pgadmin
Pgadmin pgadmin 4
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Pgadmin
Pgadmin pgadmin 4

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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Description pgAdmin 4 versions up to 9.9 are affected by a command injection vulnerability on Windows systems. This issue is caused by the use of shell=True during backup and restore operations, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary system commands by providing specially crafted file path input.
Title Command injection vulnerability allowing arbitrary command execution on Windows
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: PostgreSQL

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-01T19:15:00.832Z

Reserved: 2025-11-05T17:30:06.043Z

Link: CVE-2025-12763

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-01T19:14:54.367Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-11-13T13:15:44.777

Modified: 2025-12-01T20:15:49.517

Link: CVE-2025-12763

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-11-14T09:27:54Z

Weaknesses