CVE-2026-7815

pgAdmin 4: SQL injection in Maintenance tool option values leading to remote code execution

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 11, 2026 at 02:35 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 06:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorspgAdmin 4pgAdmin 4

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 Maintenance Tool. Four user-supplied JSON fields (buffer_usage_limit, vacuum_parallel, vacuum_index_cleanup, reindex_tablespace) were concatenated directly into the rendered VACUUM/ANALYZE/REINDEX command and passed to psql --command. An authenticated user with the tools_maintenance permission could break out of the option syntax and execute arbitrary SQL on the connected PostgreSQL server. The injected SQL could in turn invoke COPY ... TO PROGRAM to escalate to operating-system command execution on the database host. Fix introduces server-side allow-listing of all four fields and switches reindex_tablespace from manual quoting to the qtIdent filter. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.15.

Affected

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

7.6 ≤ v < 9.15
7.6 ≤ v < 9.157.6
Affected range stops below 9.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (1)

Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9898

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

8.8HIGHPostgreSQL
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-89

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