CVE-2025-12763

Command injection vulnerability allowing arbitrary command execution on Windows

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 13, 2025 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: October 7, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorspgAdmin 4pgAdmin 4

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

pgAdmin 4 versions up to 9.9 are affected by a command injection vulnerability on Windows systems. This issue is caused by the use of shell=True during backup and restore operations, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary system commands by providing specially crafted file path input.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 9.10
microsoft-windows (environment)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9323

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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