Information disclosure in pgAdmin - CVE-2026-1707
Published: February 13, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU122820
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-1707
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the affected application.
The vulnerability exists due to the application displays the " estrict" key during the restore process in its web interface when running in server mode and performing restores from PLAIN-format dump files. A remote user an extract the " estrict" key and race the restore process by overwriting the restore script with a payload that re-enables meta-commands using "unrestrict <key>" and execute arbitrary commands on the pgAdmin host during the restore operation.
Affected software
pgAdmin
Fedora
pgadmin4
Fedora
pgadmin4
How to mitigate CVE-2026-1707
Install updates from vendor's website.
pgAdmin - update to 9.12
pgadmin4 - addressed in versions 9.12-1.fc42, 9.12-1.fc43
pgadmin4 - addressed in versions 9.12-1.fc42, 9.12-1.fc43