CRITICAL 9.1
GHSA-fxmw-jcgr-w44v
pgadmin4 has a Meta-Command Filter Command Execution
Details
The PLAIN restore meta-command filter introduced in pgAdmin as part of the fix for CVE-2025-12762 does not detect meta-commands when a SQL file begins with a UTF-8 Byte Order Mark (EF BB BF) or other special byte sequences. The implemented filter uses the function `has_meta_commands()`, which scans raw bytes using a regular expression. The regex does not treat the bytes as ignorable, so meta-commands such as `\\!` remain undetected. When pgAdmin invokes psql with --file, psql strips the bytes and executes the command. This can result in remote command execution during a restore operation.
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13780 [ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9368 [WEB]
- https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/pull/9426 [WEB]
- https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/1d397395f75320ca1d4ed5e9ca721c603415e836 [WEB]
- https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/d5a909f14cb9713d89b49481ad1929fad89f4576 [WEB]
- https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4 [PACKAGE]