GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-h2x2-q2mc-24gw pgAdmin 4 server mode has an authorization vulnerability affecting Server Groups, Servers, Shared Servers, Background Processes, and Debugger modules

CRITICAL Published 2026-05-11 Modified 2026-05-18 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-7813
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
pgadmin4
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-284
Reviewed
2026-05-18

Affected packages

• PyPI pgadmin4: < 9.15 → fixed in 9.15

Description

Authorization vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 server mode affecting Server Groups, Servers, Shared Servers, Background Processes, and Debugger modules. Multiple endpoints fetched user-owned objects without filtering by the requesting user's identity. An authenticated user could access another user's private servers, server groups, background processes, and debugger function arguments by guessing object IDs. Additionally, the Shared Servers feature contained multiple issues including credential leakage (passexec_cmd, passfile, SSL keys), privilege escalation via writable passexec_cmd (a shell command executed when establishing the connection) allowing arbitrary command execution in the owner's process context, and owner-data corruption via SQLAlchemy session mutations. Several owner-only fields (passexec_cmd, passexec_expiration, db_res, db_res_type) were writable by non-owners through the API, and additional fields (kerberos_conn, tags, post_connection_sql) lacked per-user persistence so non-owner edits mutated the owner's record. Fix centralises access control via a new server_access module, scopes all user-owned models with a UserScopedMixin, returns HTTP 410 from connection_manager when access is denied in server mode, suppresses owner-only fields for non-owners across the merge / API response / ServerManager paths, and adds an explicit owner-only write guard. The remediation landed in two pull requests; both are referenced. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.15.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-7813 Authorization vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 server mode affecting Server Groups, Servers, Shared Servers, Background Processes, and Debugger… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References