CVE-2025-12763Network attack vectorHinoki check available

Command execution via shell-enabled backup and restore

Published Nov 13, 2025 · Updated Nov 13, 2025

OS command injection in pgAdmin 4 9.9 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute commands on Windows via file paths. The background-process execute() helper passes backup and restore argument arrays, including attacker-controlled paths, to Popen with shell=True on Windows. Exploitation requires high pgAdmin privileges and user interaction with backup or restore; injected commands run with the pgAdmin process account.

CVSS severity6.8
Medium
EPSS probability0.94%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

OS command injection in pgAdmin 4 9.9 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute commands on Windows via file paths. The background-process execute() helper passes backup and restore argument arrays, including attacker-controlled paths, to Popen with shell=True on Windows. Exploitation requires high pgAdmin privileges and user interaction with backup or restore; injected commands run with the pgAdmin process account.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-12763
Published
Nov 13, 2025
Updated
Nov 13, 2025
Vendor
pgAdmin Development Team
Product
pgAdmin 4
Classifications
CWE-78, T1059.003
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=9.9

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

pgAdmin Development Team · pgAdmin 4version=0 <=9.9

Published CVSS scores

8.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8GitHub Advisory DatabaseCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
T1059.003Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell

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