Upstream information
Description
In server mode pgAdmin 4 validates a path into the user's storage directory with check_access_permission(), which builds the absolute path with get_abs_path(). Several callers then acted on a path they built differently, so the path checked and the path used could name different files:- Opening a file in the Query Tool, the Google client secret and, on Windows, Import/Export Data, Backup, Restore and saving a file joined the path to the storage directory after stripping leading slashes and backslashes. On POSIX a path checked as a name inside storage could become an absolute path once stripped, so any file the pgAdmin account can read could be opened; on Windows a path naming a drive discarded the storage directory, so these could read, or write, outside it.
- Listing a folder decoded the path a second time after the check, so a folder named like an encoded "..", which a user can create, listed any directory on the host.
- Download, delete, rename and the file-exists check appended the path to the storage directory without a separator, so in a deployment where one user's storage directory name is a prefix of another's, another user's files could be read, deleted or moved; download also checked the path appended to itself.
- Creating a folder could create one in another user's directory.
The fix makes check_access_permission() return the path it checked and every caller act on that path, decodes folder paths once, and opens, deletes and renames files relative to directories opened from the storage directory without following symbolic links. Desktop mode is not affected.
This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.19.
SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Pending
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (PostgreSQL) | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | None | None |
| Availability Impact | None | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| CVSS detail | CNA (PostgreSQL) | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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:N/VA:N/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 | None | None |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | None | None |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | None | None |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | None | None |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | None | 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 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-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | 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 Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | 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 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 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 Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5 | 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 15 SP4 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | 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 Manager Proxy 4.0 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | 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 Retail Branch Server 4.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | pgadmin4 | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Mon Nov 2 12:59:05 2026CVE page last modified: Mon Nov 2 14:53:00 2026