NVD / CVE Program· CNA PostgreSQL

CVE-2025-12763: Command injection vulnerability allowing arbitrary command execution on Windows

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 35/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.91% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 60.6% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: pgadmin4 (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 9.11-1.1; pgadmin4 (PyPI) 9.10.
Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 6.8, NVD 8.8.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to pgadmin4 (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 9.11-1.1; pgadmin4 (PyPI) 9.10 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

Published: Nov 13, 2025
Updated: Oct 7, 2026
EPSS: 0.9% · 60th percentile
CWE: CWE-78

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 8.8
CNA · PostgreSQL: 6.8; 2.0 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
pgadmin	pgadmin 4	cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4
microsoft	windows	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (PostgreSQL). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4
- up to and including 9.9affected

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

pgadmin pgadmin 4before 9.10

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
openSUSE:Tumbleweed	pgadmin4	before 9.11-1.1	9.11-1.1
PyPI	pgadmin4	before 9.10	9.10

Same product

pgadmin: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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63This week
CVE-2024-3116Remote Code Execution Vulnerability through the validate binary path API in pgAdmin 4
60This week
CVE-2022-4223The pgAdmin server includes an HTTP API that is intended to be used to validate the path a user selects to external PostgreSQL utilities…
59Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2025-9636Sep 4, 2025 · Cross-Origin Opener Policy Vulnerability in pgAdmin 4
31Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2025-12762Nov 13, 2025 · Remote Code Execution vulnerability when restoring PLAIN-format SQL dumps in server mode (pgAdmin 4)
43Plan
Later →CVE-2025-12764Nov 13, 2025 · pgAdmin 4: LDAP injection vulnerability in LDAP authentication flow.
30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
opensuse:pgadmin4	9.11-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed	Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:pgadmin4	9.10	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2026-17566260 days apartpgAdmin 4: RCE via backslash-escape mismatch in Import/Export Data query guard (incomplete defense, sibling gap to CVE-2025-13780)
37Monitor
CVE-2026-116241351 days apartpgAdmin 4: Import/Export Data query export runs a command through a backslash in a double-quoted identifier
37Monitor
CVE-2026-7816179 days apartpgAdmin 4: OS command injection in Import/Export query export via psql metacommand breakout
34Monitor
CVE-2026-17347260 days apartpgAdmin 4: OS command injection in MASTER_PASSWORD_HOOK via untrusted username substitution
30Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
A user must open a link or visit a page.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-78 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const host = req.body.host;
2exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

Fixed

1const host = req.body.host;
2if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);
3execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log (1)

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:45 PM UTC

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References

github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9323

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