What is CVE-2026-17347?

CVE-2026-17347 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pgadmin.org Pgadmin 4, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2026-17347?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

RCE in Pgadmin.org Pgadmin 4

CVE-2026-17347

The MASTER_PASSWORD_HOOK setting, introduced in pgAdmin 4 7.2, lets an administrator configure an external command that returns a per-user encryption key, with %u in the configured string replaced by the current user's name. The previous i…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pgadmin.org Pgadmin 4 — versions 7.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
CWE-88 — Argument Injection

References

f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007 (patch)
f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007 (patch)
f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007 (issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-17347?: CVE-2026-17347 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pgadmin.org Pgadmin 4, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2026-17347?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.