MEDIUM6.8

PYSEC-2026-1776

pgAdmin 4 has command injection vulnerability on Windows systems

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-1776 — pgadmin4: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'pgadmin4>=9.10'

Details

pgAdmin 4 versions up to 9.9 are affected by a command injection vulnerability on Windows systems. This issue is caused by the use of shell=True during backup and restore operations, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary system commands by providing specially crafted file path input.

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Affected packages

PyPI/pgadmin4

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 9.10

Fixpip install --upgrade 'pgadmin4>=9.10'

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12763[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9323[WEB]
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/e374edc69239b3e02ecde895e27d9f9e488b87ee[WEB]
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4[PACKAGE]
https://pypi.org/project/pgadmin4[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rm79-x4g6-hvg5[ADVISORY]