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CVE-2026-12050

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS 3.1
Description
SQL injection in pgAdmin 4's named restore point endpoint (POST /browser/server/restore_point/{gid}/{sid}). The user-supplied 'value' field was interpolated directly into the SQL string with str.format() instead of being passed as a bound parameter, allowing an authenticated pgAdmin user with a connected PostgreSQL session to inject additional statements through that endpoint. The injected SQL executes under the database role the user is already authenticated as. The defect does not cross a privilege boundary -- the user already has direct SQL access to that role through the Query Tool -- so the attacker gains no capability beyond what their database role already grants them. The marginal impact accounts for the fact that the injection path is not the documented SQL-execution interface, so a deployment that gates the Query Tool at the application layer could see SQL executed through a path it did not anticipate. Fix passes the restore point name as a bound parameter and schema-qualifies the function call as pg_catalog.pg_create_restore_point so a non-default search_path on the connection cannot redirect the call to a shadow definition. A regression test asserts the value arrives as a bound parameter and not spliced into the SQL string. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: from 1.0 before 9.16.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-12050
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
PostgreSQL
Reserved
2026-06-11 20:40 UTC
Published
2026-06-18 23:37 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-18 23:37 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-89
CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a…
Vendor / Product
pgadmin.org / pgAdmin 4
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

4.3 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4 1.0 < 9.16
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-89 cna CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVSS scores (2)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
5.3 MEDIUM 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
4.3 MEDIUM 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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