Upstream information

CVE-2026-116242 at MITRE

Description

pgAdmin 4 opens SSH tunnels with the sshtunnel library but gave it neither host_pkey_directories nor ssh_config_file, so it always loaded the unencrypted private keys in ~/.ssh of the operating-system account running pgAdmin, read that account's ~/.ssh/config (IdentityFile, User, HostName, ProxyCommand) for the tunnel host, and could use its ssh-agent. In server mode any user could therefore configure a tunnel to a host that accepts the service account's key, with no credentials of their own or with an identity file that did not exist in their storage, and reach it as that account.

The fix makes tunnels in server mode use only the identity file or password the user configured: the service account's keys, configuration and agent are no longer used, and an identity file that cannot be found in the user's storage is reported instead of falling back to ~/.ssh. Desktop mode is unchanged.

This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.19.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (PostgreSQL) SUSE
Base Score 8.2 8.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Changed Changed
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact None High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (PostgreSQL) SUSE
Base Score 7.1 9
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/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:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity High High
Attack Requirements Present Present
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact None High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High High
Subsequent System Integrity Impact High High
Subsequent System Availability Impact None High
CVSSv4 Version 4.0 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1289074 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


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 2026
CVE page last modified: Mon Nov 2 14:53:00 2026