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SCA: security update for pgadmin4 (GHSA-w2p4-p4rh-qcm3)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436037

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-12762)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w2p4-p4rh-qcm3

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 436037

Version: Revision 1.15

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/13/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-12762

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12762

cwe: CWE-94