Upstream information

CVE-2026-116243 at MITRE

Description

pgAdmin 4 runs pg_dump, pg_restore, pg_dumpall and psql from the binary path a user sets in their preferences. In server mode the binary path was refused only when it lay under the per-user storage directory (STORAGE_DIR), not under a SHARED_STORAGE directory, which ordinary users can upload files to. A user could therefore upload an executable to shared storage, point their binary path at it, and have pgAdmin run it as the operating-system account running pgAdmin. On POSIX, files created through pgAdmin are not executable, so this is exploitable where any file with an executable name can run, such as Windows server mode.

The fix checks the binary path against every SHARED_STORAGE directory as well, after expanding $DIR, collapsing ".." and resolving symbolic links, compares directories in a way a different spelling on a case-insensitive filesystem cannot bypass, refuses a path containing a NUL, and enforces the check wherever binary paths are resolved, including for the PSQL tool.

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 7.5 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (PostgreSQL) SUSE
Base Score 7.7 7.7
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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 High High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1289076 [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 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS pgadmin4 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 pgadmin4 Not 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 Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 pgadmin4 Not affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 pgadmin4 Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 pgadmin4 Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 pgadmin4 Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 pgadmin4 Not 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