pgAdmin 4: Local file inclusion and server-side request forgery in LLM API configuration endpoints
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-552.
Summary
Local file inclusion (LFI) and server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerabilities in pgAdmin 4 LLM API configuration endpoints. User-supplied api_key_file and api_url preferences were passed to the LLM provider clients without validation. An authenticated user could read arbitrary server-side files by pointing api_key_file at any path readable by the pgAdmin process, or coerce pgAdmin into making requests to internal targets (e.g. cloud metadata services such as 169.254.169.254) by setting api_url, exploiting the chat path and model-list endpoints. Fix restricts api_key_file to the user's private storage (server mode) or home directory (desktop mode), enforces a printable-ASCII key shape and a 1024-byte read cap, and gates api_url against a configurable allow-list (config.ALLOWED_LLM_API_URLS) at every entry point. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.15.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pgadmin.org | pgAdmin 4 | 9.13 to before 9.15 | 9.15 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | pgadmin4 (PyPI) | before 9.15 | 9.15 | Patch available | GHSA-p58c-q354-6c4f |
- pgAdmin 4 Vendorpgadmin.org Affected 9.13 to before 9.15 Fixed in 9.15 Patch available CNA
- pgadmin4 (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 9.15 Fixed in 9.15 Patch available GHSA-p58c-q354-6c4f
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:* | 9.13 to before 9.15 | Vulnerable | pgadmin.org |
- cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:* Versions 9.13 to before 9.15 Vulnerable ·pgadmin.org
Remediation
- Fix · CNA pgAdmin 4 (pgadmin.org) Fixed in 9.15
- Fix · GHSA-p58c-q354-6c4f pgadmin4 (PyPI) Fixed in 9.15 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4 9.15
8 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 3 MEDIUM, 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-06875 pgAdmin 4: Cross-user data access and shared-server privilege escalation in server modePriority HIGH 76
- TI-2026-06876 pgAdmin 4: Stored XSS via crafted PostgreSQL object names in Browser Tree and Explain VisualizerPriority MEDIUM 55
- TI-2026-06878 pgAdmin 4: OS command injection in Import/Export query export via psql metacommand breakoutPriority MEDIUM 43
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7817
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p58c-q354-6c4f
References
More pgadmin.org Pgadmin 4 vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-01901 Unsafe Deserialisation and Remote Code Execution by an Authenticated user in pgAdmin 4 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2024-02918 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability through the validate binary path API in pgAdmin 4 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-03867 Code injection in pgadmin4 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-06875 pgAdmin 4: Cross-user data access and shared-server privilege escalation in server mode CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2025-02572 pgAdmin 4: Remote Code Execution in Query Tool and Cloud Deployment CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2023-00228 Path traversal in pgadmin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-7817 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-7817 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p58c-q354-6c4f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-7817 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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