CVE-2026-116249CWE-22CWE-73path-traversal

pgAdmin 4: Connection file paths and parameter keys escape the user's storage directory

High · published October 30, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.4
EPSS
—
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In server mode pgAdmin 4 resolves a server's password file, SSL certificate, key, CRL and SSH tunnel identity file relative to the user's storage directory, but get_complete_file_path() only stripped leading slashes before joining the two. A path such as "../<another user>/.pgpass", set through the server dialog, the REST API or a servers.json import, therefore named another user's file, and connecting used that user's saved passwords, client certificate or SSH key. The sslkeylogfile connection parameter was passed to libpq unchanged, so a path outside storage let libpq create or append a file as the account running pgAdmin.

make_conninfo() also quoted connection parameter values but not their names, so a crafted parameter name could smuggle additional keyword=value pairs past these checks.

The fix requires the resolved path, with symbolic links followed, to stay inside the user's storage directory or the named shared storage directory, confines sslkeylogfile the same way, and accepts only exact libpq keywords as connection parameter names. A refused path or keyword is reported instead of letting libpq fall back to a default.

This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.19.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
7.2 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
EPSS
Not scored
Weaknesses
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'); CWE-73 · External Control of File Name or Path
Published
2026-10-30T19:55Z
Timeline
  • 30 OCT 19:55Z
    pgAdmin 4: Connection file paths and parameter keys escape the user's storage directory
    cvelistv5
  • 30 OCT 19:55Z
    pgAdmin 4: Connection file paths and parameter keys escape the user's storage directory
    cvelistv5