{
  "containers": {
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "modules": [
            "Preferences",
            "Backup",
            "Restore",
            "PSQL Tool"
          ],
          "product": "pgAdmin 4",
          "programFiles": [
            "https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/blob/master/web/pgadmin/utils/__init__.py",
            "https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/blob/master/web/pgadmin/misc/__init__.py"
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4",
          "vendor": "pgadmin.org",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "9.19",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "credits": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "finder",
          "value": "Harsh Singh \u003c93harshsingh@gmail.com\u003e"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "remediation developer",
          "value": "Dave Page \u003cdpage@pgadmin.org\u003e"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "remediation developer",
          "value": "Kundan Sable \u003ckundan.sable@enterprisedb.com\u003e"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "remediation reviewer",
          "value": "Hitesh Jambhale \u003chitesh.jambhale@enterprisedb.com\u003e"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "remediation reviewer",
          "value": "Ashesh Vashi \u003cashesh.vashi@enterprisedb.com\u003e"
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "pgAdmin 4 runs pg_dump, pg_restore, pg_dumpall and psql from the binary path a user sets in their preferences. In server mode the binary path was refused only when it lay under the per-user storage directory (STORAGE_DIR), not under a SHARED_STORAGE directory, which ordinary users can upload files to. A user could therefore upload an executable to shared storage, point their binary path at it, and have pgAdmin run it as the operating-system account running pgAdmin. On POSIX, files created through pgAdmin are not executable, so this is exploitable where any file with an executable name can run, such as Windows server mode.\n\nThe fix checks the binary path against every SHARED_STORAGE directory as well, after expanding $DIR, collapsing \"..\" and resolving symbolic links, compares directories in a way a different spelling on a case-insensitive filesystem cannot bypass, refuses a path containing a NUL, and enforces the check wherever binary paths are resolved, including for the PSQL tool.\n\nThis issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.19."
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 7.5,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "format": "CVSS",
          "scenarios": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "Any authenticated user who can upload to a shared storage directory and set their binary path. Attack Complexity is High: SHARED_STORAGE must be configured and writable by the user, and the platform must let an uploaded file run (Windows server mode; on POSIX uploads are not executable). Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability are High for code execution as the pgAdmin service account. Scope is Unchanged, following CVE-2026-17347: the code runs with the authority pgAdmin already holds."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "cvssV4_0": {
            "baseScore": 7.7,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
            "version": "4.0"
          },
          "format": "CVSS",
          "scenarios": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "Same reasoning as the CVSS 3.1 entry. AT:P for the deployment and platform conditions. VC:H/VI:H/VA:H for code execution as the pgAdmin account; no subsequent-system impact is claimed."
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-426",
              "description": "CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            },
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-427",
              "description": "CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T19:55:14.513Z",
        "orgId": "f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007",
        "shortName": "PostgreSQL"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "issue-tracking"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/10656"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "patch"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/9e95d9a72155beb40d3735cadf6ae754f627cac7"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
      },
      "title": "pgAdmin 4: Utility binary path can point at a shared storage directory"
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007",
    "assignerShortName": "PostgreSQL",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-116243",
    "datePublished": "2026-10-30T19:55:14.513Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-10-25T16:26:16.419Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T19:55:14.513Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2"
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