pgAdmin 4 up to 9.14 sql injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in pgAdmin 4 up to 9.14. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation of the argument buffer_usage_limit/vacuum_parallel/vacuum_index_cleanup/reindex_tablespace can lead to sql injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-7815. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability has been found in pgAdmin 4 up to 9.14 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument buffer_usage_limit/vacuum_parallel/vacuum_index_cleanup/reindex_tablespace with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared by j3seer. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-7815 since 05/04/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 9.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• pgAdmin 4

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• 9.0
• 9.1
• 9.2
• 9.3
• 9.4
• 9.5
• 9.6
• 9.7
• 9.8
• 9.9
• 9.10
• 9.11
• 9.12
• 9.13
• 9.14

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