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Pgadmin CVE-2025-9636

HIGH
Origin Validation Error (CWE-346)
2025-09-04 f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
7.9
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Origin validation
Impact

CVSS score of 7.9 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, high complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.02%.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026

pgAdmin <= 9.7 is affected by a Cross-Origin Opener Policy (COOP) vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

Affected Packages

pypi pgadmin4 fix: 9.8

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in pypi

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-346. pgAdmin <= 9.7 is affected by a Cross-Origin Opener Policy (COOP) vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate the OAuth flow, potentially leading to unauthorised account access, account takeover, data breaches, and privilege escalation. Affected products include: Pgadmin Pgadmin 4.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 7.9 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
SUSE HIGH

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch released
Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Sep 04, 2025 - 17:15 nvd
HIGH 7.9

DescriptionCVE.org

pgAdmin <= 9.7 is affected by a Cross-Origin Opener Policy (COOP) vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate the OAuth flow, potentially leading to unauthorised account access, account takeover, data breaches, and privilege escalation.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

CVE-2025-9636 presents notable security risk rated CVSS 7.9. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and consider compensating controls in the interim.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. If immediate patching is not feasible: (1) Implement network-level access controls to limit exposure; (2) Enable enhanced monitoring and alerting; (3) Apply principle of least privilege.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 94% exploitable

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

40
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +40
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*
CVE-2025-2945 CRITICAL POC
9.9 Apr 03

pgAdmin 4 contains critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in the Query Tool download and Cloud Deployment endpoi

CVE-2024-2044 CRITICAL POC
9.9 Mar 07

pgAdmin <= 8.3 is affected by a path-traversal vulnerability while deserializing users’ sessions in the session handling

CVE-2024-3116 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Apr 04

pgAdmin <= 8.4 is affected by a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability through the validate binary path API. Rated cr

CVE-2022-4223 HIGH POC
8.8 Dec 13

The pgAdmin server includes an HTTP API that is intended to be used to validate the path a user selects to external Post

CVE-2024-9014 MEDIUM POC
6.5 Sep 23

pgAdmin versions 8.11 and earlier are vulnerable to a security flaw in OAuth2 authentication. Rated medium severity (CVS

CVE-2025-12762 CRITICAL
9.8 Nov 13

Remote code execution in pgAdmin 4 (versions up to and including 9.9) lets an attacker who can get a crafted PLAIN-forma

CVE-2026-17351 CRITICAL
9.4 Jul 31

SQL injection sandbox escape in pgAdmin 4's AI Assistant (versions 9.13 through 9.16) lets an attacker break out of the

CVE-2026-17566 CRITICAL POC
9.4 Jul 31

OS command injection in pgAdmin 4 (all versions before 9.18) lets an authenticated user with the commonly-granted tools_

CVE-2026-116241 CRITICAL
9.4 Oct 30

Command injection in pgAdmin 4 before 9.19 lets an authenticated, low-privileged database user execute arbitrary operati

CVE-2024-4216 MEDIUM POC
5.4 May 02

pgAdmin <= 8.5 is affected by XSS vulnerability in /settings/store API response json payload. Rated medium severity (CVS

CVE-2026-17349 CRITICAL
9.3 Jul 31

Cross-tenant credential theft in pgAdmin 4 (9.0 through 9.16) lets an authenticated non-owner user hijack another user's

CVE-2025-2946 CRITICAL
9.1 Apr 03

pgAdmin <= 9.1 is affected by a security vulnerability with Cross-Site Scripting(XSS). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: High
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS Fixed

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