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TI-2026-06881 Aliases CVE-2026-7819GHSA-hr4r-fwpv-c95j

pgAdmin 4: Symbolic-link path traversal in File Manager allows arbitrary file write

Priority LOW 34CWE-61Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Symbolic-link path traversal (CWE-61, CWE-22) in pgAdmin 4 File Manager. check_access_permission used os.path.abspath, which resolves '..' but does not resolve symbolic links, while the subsequent kernel write follows symlinks. An authenticated user could plant a symbolic link inside their own storage directory pointing outside it and induce pgAdmin to write to any path reachable by the pgAdmin process. Fix switches the access check to os.path.realpath for both source and destination, and adds an _open_upload_target helper that opens the target with O_NOFOLLOW (mode 0o600) to close the leaf-component TOCTOU between the access check and the open. File mode is hardened from 0o644 to 0o600. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.15.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00325 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed pgAdmin 4 (pgadmin.org): 9.15pgadmin4 (PyPI): 9.15

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
pgadmin.orgpgAdmin 4before 9.159.15Patch availableCNA
—pgadmin4 (PyPI)before 9.159.15Patch availableGHSA-hr4r-fwpv-c95j
  • pgAdmin 4 Vendorpgadmin.org Affected before 9.15 Fixed in 9.15 Patch available CNA
  • pgadmin4 (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 9.15 Fixed in 9.15 Patch available GHSA-hr4r-fwpv-c95j

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*before 9.15Vulnerablepgadmin.org
  • cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:* Versions before 9.15 Vulnerable ·pgadmin.org

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA pgAdmin 4 (pgadmin.org) Fixed in 9.15
  • Fix · GHSA-hr4r-fwpv-c95j 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
    Show all 8 records →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7819
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hr4r-fwpv-c95j

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • 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
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Sources

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