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CVE-2026-116242
Published:October 30, 2026
Updated:November 04, 2026
pgAdmin 4 opens SSH tunnels with the sshtunnel library but gave it neither host_pkey_directories nor ssh_config_file, so it always loaded the unencrypted private keys in ~/.ssh of the operating-system account running pgAdmin, read that account's ~/.ssh/config (IdentityFile, User, HostName, ProxyCommand) for the tunnel host, and could use its ssh-agent. In server mode any user could therefore configure a tunnel to a host that accepts the service account's key, with no credentials of their own or with an identity file that did not exist in their storage, and reach it as that account. The fix makes tunnels in server mode use only the identity file or password the user configured: the service account's keys, configuration and agent are no longer used, and an identity file that cannot be found in the user's storage is reported instead of falling back to ~/.ssh. Desktop mode is unchanged. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.19.
Affected Packages
pgadmin4 (CONDA):
Affected version(s) =9.17 <9.19
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 9.19
pgadmin4 (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=6.2 <9.19 || >=8.0 <9.19 || >=9.0 <9.19 || >=4.20 <9.19 || >=7.0 <9.19 || >=5.0 <9.19
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 9.19
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
EPSS
Base Score:
0.23