SQL Injection in Pgadmin 4
CVE-2026-7815
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.
Vulnerability class: SQL Injection
EPSS: 0.005 (38.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Pgadmin Pgadmin_4
- Pgadmin.org Pgadmin 4 — versions 7.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007 (issue-tracking, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-7815?
- CVE-2026-7815 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pgadmin 4, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-11.
- How severe is CVE-2026-7815?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.