CVE-2025-9636: Cross-Origin Opener Policy Vulnerability in pgAdmin 4
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)
- 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: 0.22% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. A user must open a link or visit a page. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- Fixed version: pgadmin4 (openSUSE:Leap 15.6) 8.5-150600.3.15.1; pgadmin4 (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 9.8-1.1; pgadmin4 (PyPI) 9.8.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to pgadmin4 (openSUSE:Leap 15.6) 8.5-150600.3.15.1; pgadmin4 (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 9.8-1.1; pgadmin4 (PyPI) 9.8 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 <= 9.7 is affected by a Cross-Origin Opener Policy (COOP) vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate the OAuth flow, potentially leading to unauthorised account access, account takeover, data breaches, and privilege escalation.
- Published
- Sep 4, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 13th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-346
Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · PostgreSQL
- 7.9
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| pgadmin | pgadmin 4 | cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- pgadmin pgadmin 4up to 9.7 inclusive
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
- before 9.8affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | pgadmin4 | before 8.5-150600.3.15.1 | 8.5-150600.3.15.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | pgadmin4 | before 9.8-1.1 | 9.8-1.1 |
| PyPI | pgadmin4 | before 9.8 | 9.8 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6 | pgadmin4 | before 8.5-150600.3.15.1 | 8.5-150600.3.15.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 | pgadmin4 | before 4.30-150300.3.24.1 | 4.30-150300.3.24.1 |
Same product
pgadmin: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2024-3116Remote Code Execution Vulnerability through the validate binary path API in pgAdmin 460This 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 suc59Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-2945Apr 3, 2025 · pgAdmin 4: Remote Code Execution in Query Tool and Cloud Deployment52Plan
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-2946Apr 3, 2025 · Cross-Site Vulnerability(XSS) due to arbitrary HTML/JavaScript gets executed while query result rendering in Query Tool and View/Edit Data Tool of pgAdmin 424Monitor
- Later →CVE-2025-12762Nov 13, 2025 · Remote Code Execution vulnerability when restoring PLAIN-format SQL dumps in server mode (pgAdmin 4)43Plan
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 | 8.5-150600.3.15.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| PyPI:pgadmin4 | 9.8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:pgadmin4 | 8.5-150600.3.15.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6 | 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.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- low · the service can be disrupted
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- Low
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-346 · Origin Validation ErrorCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
nvd-secondary
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)
- JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking)CAPEC-111likelihood: High · High
- Cache PoisoningCAPEC-141likelihood: High · High
- DNS Cache PoisoningCAPEC-142likelihood: High · High
- Exploit Script-Based APIsCAPEC-160Medium
- Exploitation of Trusted IdentifiersCAPEC-21likelihood: High · High
- Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-MiddleCAPEC-384Low
- Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API ManipulationCAPEC-385Medium
- Application API Navigation RemappingCAPEC-386Medium
ATT&CK techniques
- Access Token ManipulationT1134
- Access Token Manipulation:Token Impersonation/TheftT1134.001
- Steal Application Access TokenT1528
- Steal Web Session CookieT1539
- Use Alternate Authentication Material:Web Session CookieT1550.004
- Adversary-in-the-Middle: ARP Cache PoisoningT1557.002
- Compromise Infrastructure: DNS ServerT1584.002
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.