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title: "CVE-2025-12762: pgAdmin4 vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) when running in server mode"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-12762/
description: "CVE-2025-12762 (pgadmin4 (PyPI)): pgAdmin versions up to 9.9 are affected by a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability that occurs when running in server…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-11-13
date_modified: 2026-02-26
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-12762"
kev: false
cvss: 9.1
epss: 0.12705
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-12762: pgAdmin4 vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) when running in server mode

**Signal:** High exploit likelihood. EPSS ranks it in the top 5% of all CVEs for likely exploitation in the next 30 days. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 12.7% , percentile 96: FIRST’s model estimates a 12.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (very high). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (low (any account)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes pgadmin4 (PyPI) < 9.10, fixed in 9.10 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

pgAdmin versions up to 9.9 are affected by a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability that occurs when running in server mode and performing restores from PLAIN-format dump files. This issue allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary commands on the server hosting pgAdmin, posing a critical risk to the integrity and security of the database management system and underlying data.

## Affected packages

- PyPI `pgadmin4` < 9.10 → fixed: 9.10

## Affected products (CVE record)

- pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4: <= 9.9

## Severity

- PostgreSQL CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 12.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 96.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-w2p4-p4rh-qcm3](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w2p4-p4rh-qcm3)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-12762](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12762)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-12762](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12762)
- [github.com](https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9320)
- [github.com](https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/1d397395f75320ca1d4ed5e9ca721c603415e836)

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