Upstream information
Description
Authorization vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 server mode affecting Server Groups, Servers, Shared Servers, Background Processes, and Debugger modules.Multiple endpoints fetched user-owned objects without filtering by the requesting user's identity. An authenticated user could access another user's private servers, server groups, background processes, and debugger function arguments by guessing object IDs.
Additionally, the Shared Servers feature contained multiple issues including credential leakage (passexec_cmd, passfile, SSL keys), privilege escalation via writable passexec_cmd (a shell command executed when establishing the connection) allowing arbitrary command execution in the owner's process context, and owner-data corruption via SQLAlchemy session mutations. Several owner-only fields (passexec_cmd, passexec_expiration, db_res, db_res_type) were writable by non-owners through the API, and additional fields (kerberos_conn, tags, post_connection_sql) lacked per-user persistence so non-owner edits mutated the owner's record.
Fix centralises access control via a new server_access module, scopes all user-owned models with a UserScopedMixin, returns HTTP 410 from connection_manager when access is denied in server mode, suppresses owner-only fields for non-owners across the merge / API response / ServerManager paths, and adds an explicit owner-only write guard. The remediation landed in two pull requests; both are referenced.
This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.15.
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SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Pending
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (PostgreSQL) | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 9.9 | 8.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Changed | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | High |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| CVSS detail | CNA (PostgreSQL) | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Attack Requirements | None | None |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | High | High |
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | High | High |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | High | High |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | High | None |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | High | None |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | High | None |
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Mon May 11 19:36:19 2026CVE page last modified: Tue May 12 14:39:53 2026