pgAdmin 4: Adhoc server clone leaks another user's stored database credentials and ownership to a non-owner
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522 and CWE-639.
Summary
/misc/workspace/adhoc_connect_server, part of the Workspaces feature introduced in pgAdmin 4 9.0, when passed the id of an existing server, clones that server via Server.clone(), which copies every column from the source row, including user_id, shared, shared_username, and the stored credential fields password, save_password, and tunnel_password. When a non-owner triggered an adhoc connect against another user's (in practice, typically an administrator's) shared server, the clone inherited that user's ownership, shared flag, and stored database credentials verbatim. pgAdmin persisted this cross-tenant, credential-bearing server row before the connection was even attempted, so it survived even when the connection subsequently failed. The non-owner could then open the newly-owned clone and pgAdmin would connect using the source user's stored database password on the non-owner's behalf, granting the non-owner use of database credentials -- and whatever database privileges they confer -- that were never their own. Fix forces the cloned adhoc record's ownership fields (user_id, shared, shared_username) and stored credential fields (password, save_password, tunnel_password) to belong to the calling user and be cleared/private before committing, regardless of the source server's ownership, sharing state, or stored credentials. A regression test asserts that an adhoc connect triggered by a non-owner against another user's shared server persists a row owned by the caller, not shared, and without the source's stored credentials. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: from 9.0 before 9.17.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pgadmin.org | pgAdmin 4 | 9.0 to before 9.17 | 9.17 | Patch available | CNA |
- pgAdmin 4 Vendorpgadmin.org Affected 9.0 to before 9.17 Fixed in 9.17 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:* | 9.0 to before 9.17 | Vulnerable | pgadmin.org |
- cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:* Versions 9.0 to before 9.17 Vulnerable ·pgadmin.org
Remediation
- Fix · CNA pgAdmin 4 (pgadmin.org) Fixed in 9.17
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4 9.17
6 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-14311 SQL injection in pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4Priority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-14306 SQL injection in pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4Priority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2026-14308 Missing authentication in pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4Priority LOW 37
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-17349
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p547-rjmg-jqr4
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-2026-17349 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-17349 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p547-rjmg-jqr4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-17349 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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