CVE-2026-7816

pgAdmin 4: OS command injection in Import/Export query export via psql metacommand breakout

High · published May 11, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
2%
Percentile
82.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

OS command injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 Import/Export query export.

User-supplied input was interpolated directly into a psql \copy metacommand template without sanitization. An authenticated user could inject ") TO PROGRAM 'cmd'" to break out of the \copy (...) context and achieve arbitrary command execution on the pgAdmin server, or ") TO '/path'" for arbitrary file write. Additional fields (format, on_error, log_verbosity) were also raw-interpolated and exploitable.

Fix adds a parens-balance parser modeled on psql's strtokx tokenizer, allow-lists format/on_error/log_verbosity, rejects null bytes in the query, and tightens type and gating checks.

This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.15.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.02179 · 82.2th percentile
Published
2026-05-11T14:35Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAY 14:35Z
    pgAdmin 4: OS command injection in Import/Export query export via psql metacommand breakout
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