CVE-2026-7816
HIGHpgAdmin 4: OS command injection in Import/Export query export via psql metacommand breakout
Title source: cnaDescription
OS command injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 Import/Export query export. User-supplied input was interpolated directly into a psql \copy metacommand template without sanitization. An authenticated user could inject ") TO PROGRAM 'cmd'" to break out of the \copy (...) context and achieve arbitrary command execution on the pgAdmin server, or ") TO '/path'" for arbitrary file write. Additional fields (format, on_error, log_verbosity) were also raw-interpolated and exploitable. Fix adds a parens-balance parser modeled on psql's strtokx tokenizer, allow-lists format/on_error/log_verbosity, rejects null bytes in the query, and tightens type and gating checks. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.15.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9899
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0020
EPSS Percentile
42.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-89
Status
published
Products (2)
pgadmin.org/pgAdmin 4
9.4 - 9.15
pypi/pgadmin4
0 - 9.15PyPI
Published
May 11, 2026
Tracked Since
May 11, 2026