CVE-2026-7819
Published:May 11, 2026
Updated:May 18, 2026
Symbolic-link path traversal (CWE-61, CWE-22) in pgAdmin 4 File Manager.
check_access_permission used os.path.abspath, which resolves '..' but does not resolve symbolic links, while the subsequent kernel write follows symlinks. An authenticated user could plant a symbolic link inside their own storage directory pointing outside it and induce pgAdmin to write to any path reachable by the pgAdmin process.
Fix switches the access check to os.path.realpath for both source and destination, and adds an _open_upload_target helper that opens the target with O_NOFOLLOW (mode 0o600) to close the leaf-component TOCTOU between the access check and the open. File mode is hardened from 0o644 to 0o600.
This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.15.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=REL-1_0 <REL-9_15Fix Suggestion:
Update to version REL-9_15pgadmin4 (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=4.20 <9.15Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 9.15pgadmin4 (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=4.20 <9.15Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 9.15Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
EPSS
Base Score:
0.05