Improper certificate validation in pgAdmin - CVE-2025-12765

 

Improper certificate validation in pgAdmin - CVE-2025-12765

Published: January 5, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU120963
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-12765
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper TLS certificate validation in the LDAP authentication mechanism. The application accepts self-signed/invalid server certificates and completes TLS, enabling attackers to intercept LDAP credentials. 


Affected software

pgAdmin
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
Python 3 Module
openSUSE Leap
pgadmin4
pgadmin4-debuginfo
pgadmin4-web
pgadmin4-doc
pgadmin4-web-uwsgi
pgadmin4-desktop
pgadmin4-cloud
system-user-pgadmin

How to mitigate CVE-2025-12765

Install updates from vendor's website.

pgAdmin - update to 9.10
pgadmin4 - addressed in versions 4.30-150300.3.21.1, 8.5-150600.3.18.1
pgadmin4-debuginfo - update to 4.30-150300.3.21.1
pgadmin4-web - update to 4.30-150300.3.21.1
pgadmin4-doc - addressed in versions 4.30-150300.3.21.1, 8.5-150600.3.18.1
pgadmin4-web-uwsgi - addressed in versions 4.30-150300.3.21.1, 8.5-150600.3.18.1
pgadmin4-desktop - update to 8.5-150600.3.18.1
pgadmin4-cloud - update to 8.5-150600.3.18.1
system-user-pgadmin - update to 8.5-150600.3.18.1

External References

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