CRITICAL9.1

PYSEC-2026-454

pgAdmin4 vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) when running in server mode

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-454 — pgadmin4: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'pgadmin4>=9.10'

Details

pgAdmin versions up to 9.9 are affected by a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability that occurs when running in server mode and performing restores from PLAIN-format dump files. This issue allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary commands on the server hosting pgAdmin, posing a critical risk to the integrity and security of the database management system and underlying data.

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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-2025-12762[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9320[WEB]
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/1d397395f75320ca1d4ed5e9ca721c603415e836[WEB]
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4[PACKAGE]
https://pypi.org/project/pgadmin4[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w2p4-p4rh-qcm3[ADVISORY]