CVE-2026-116238
HighCVSS 8.1Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs
Summary
In pgAdmin 4 server mode, the internal account lockout after MAX_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS failed logins (3 by default) could be bypassed in several ways. Flaws in Flask-Security views, case-sensitive username lookup, and interaction with other authentication sources (LDAP, webserver, Kerberos) allow an unauthenticated attacker unlimited password guesses against any internal account, including the administrator's. Additionally, unauthorized password resets and server configuration disclosure in the About box are possible.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can perform unlimited brute-force or dictionary attacks, potentially taking over the administrator account and fully compromising pgAdmin 4 and managed database servers. Unauthorized password resets and configuration information leakage are also possible.
Recommendation
Update pgAdmin 4 to version 9.19 or later. Until patched, restrict access to the pgAdmin 4 interface (e.g., via VPN or IP allowlists) and consider disabling unused authentication methods.
Other vulnerabilities in pgAdmin 4
See all- CVE-2026-116241Critical
pgAdmin 4 before 9.19 contains a bypass of the CVE-2026-17566 fix in the Import/Export Data tool. Improper validation of a backslash inside a double-quoted identifier hides a closing parenthesis and executes a TO PROGRAM clause via psql on the pgAdmin host with the OS account privileges.
- CVE-2026-86863Critical
In pgAdmin 4, the 'webserver' authentication source was vulnerable because WebserverAuthentication.get_user() fell back to reading the username directly from inbound HTTP request headers when the WSGI/CGI environment lookup returned nothing. As a result, any client able to reach pgAdmin could supply that header itself and authenticate as any username, including an existing Administrator, without a password. The issue affects versions from 6.2 before 9.18 and only applies when 'webserver' is enabled in AUTHENTICATION_SOURCES.
- CVE-2026-17566Critical
A vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 allows remote code execution (RCE) via injection into the Import/Export Data tool. The validation function incorrectly handles backslashes in SQL strings, enabling bypass of protections and addition of a TO PROGRAM clause to psql commands.
- CVE-2026-17351Critical
A vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 (versions 9.13 to 9.16) allows bypassing the CVE-2026-12045 fix by injecting SQL queries into the AI assistant. An attacker can plant a malicious payload in an object read by the assistant, leading to execution of multiple SQL statements, including write or remote code execution.
- CVE-2026-17349Critical
In the adhoc_connect_server function in pgAdmin 4 9.0-9.16, when a non-owner user clones a server, all columns including credentials (passwords) and ownership flags are copied. This allows an attacker to take over the cloned server and use database passwords belonging to another user (e.g., an administrator).
- CVE-2026-12048Critical
A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in pgAdmin 4 versions 6.0 through 9.15. Text returned by a PostgreSQL server (e.g., object names in errors or EXPLAIN fields) was passed verbatim to html-react-parser, allowing injection of arbitrary HTML, including iframes. An attacker controlling the server or creating a maliciously named object can hijack the victim's pgAdmin session.
- CVE-2026-12046Critical
In pgAdmin 4 versions 6.9 through 9.15, two SQL Editor endpoints lack authentication decorators, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger pickle deserialization from server sessions. Exploitation requires additional preconditions (knowledge of SECRET_KEY and write access to sessions directory) to achieve remote code execution.
- CVE-2026-12045Critical
A vulnerability in the pgAdmin 4 AI Assistant allows an attacker who can influence database content read by the assistant to execute arbitrary SQL with the privileges of the pgAdmin user's database role. The flaw stems from missing validation of LLM-generated queries, enabling bypass of read-only mode via injection of commands like COMMIT or ROLLBACK.
- CVE-2026-7813Critical
In pgAdmin 4 server mode, multiple endpoints fetched user-owned objects without filtering by the requesting user's identity, allowing an authenticated user to access another user's private servers, server groups, background processes, and debugger arguments by guessing object IDs. The Shared Servers feature had additional issues including credential leakage, privilege escalation via writable passexec_cmd enabling arbitrary command execution, and owner-data corruption.
- CVE-2025-13780Critical
pgAdmin versions up to 9.10 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.
Original NVD description (English source)
In server mode pgAdmin 4 locks an internal account after MAX_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS failed logins (3 by default). The limit could be bypassed, giving an unauthenticated attacker an unlimited number of password guesses against any internal account, including the administrator's, in the default configuration: - Flask-Security registers its own views next to pgAdmin's. A login submitted to its /login view was checked and logged in without pgAdmin's failed login count or lock. Its /verify view checked a signed-in user's password without limit, its /change view changed a password without pgAdmin's change password permission or re-encrypting the user's saved server passwords, and its /reset views sent and applied password resets for accounts that are not internal or are locked. - The internal account was looked up by its exact username, while the login form matches the email ignoring case, so a login with the username typed in another case was neither counted nor checked for the lock. - With LDAP or webserver authentication also configured, a wrong internal password was never counted, and with Kerberos or webserver authentication configured a guess could be answered without being counted. In addition, where accounts from different authentication sources share an email address, a password reset could be sent for, or applied to, an account from another source, and the About box showed the server configuration to a user whose email was that of an administrator's account. The fix refuses submissions to Flask-Security's own views, counts every failed internal login however the username is typed and whatever other sources are configured, no longer lets a login that posts a password fall back to an authentication source that does not check it, and locks only internal authentication. Password resets and the About box act only on the user's own internal account. Desktop mode is not affected. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.19.
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