pgadmin4 vulnerable to Code Injection

published 2022-12-13 3 y ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also GHSA-3v6v-2x6p-32mc , PYSEC-2026-893 , EUVD-2022-7489

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 80.1%; EPSS 80.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits: 0; none known, plus a Nuclei check

The pgAdmin server includes an HTTP API that is intended to be used to validate the path a user selects to external PostgreSQL utilities such as pg_dump and pg_restore. The utility is executed by the server to determine what PostgreSQL version it is from. Versions of pgAdmin prior to 6.17 failed to properly secure this API, which could allow an unauthenticated user to call it with a path of their choosing, such as a UNC path to a server they control on a Windows machine. This would cause an appropriately named executable in the target path to be executed by the pgAdmin server.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

pypi pgadmin4 6.17
pgadmin pgadmin_4 6.17

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-4223 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 8.8

pgadmin4: Unauthenticated remote code execution while validating the binary path

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-14)

Exploit prediction

80.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Nuclei template pgAdmin < 6.17 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
pypi	pgadmin4	<6.17	6.17

Affected products

n/a pgadmin4

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5EYTPKHVFSDCETBJI7LBZE4EYHBPN2Q/
vendor-advisory, mailing-list
github.com /pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/5593
web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4223
advisory
github.com /pgadmin-org/pgadmin4
package
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5EYTPKHVFSDCETBJI7LBZE4EYHBPN2Q
web
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5EYTPKHVFSDCETBJI7LBZE4EYHBPN2Q
web
pypi.org /project/pgadmin4
package
github.com /advisories/GHSA-3v6v-2x6p-32mc
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary