CVE-2025-13780 — Vulnerability in pgadmin4 — CVE Details

CRITICAL

pgadmin4 has a Meta-Command Filter Command Execution

Published June 29, 2026Updated July 1, 2026Source: osv

Summary

The PLAIN restore meta-command filter introduced in pgAdmin as part of the fix for CVE-2025-12762 does not detect meta-commands when a SQL file begins with a UTF-8 Byte Order Mark (EF BB BF) or other special byte sequences. The implemented filter uses the function `has_meta_commands()`, which scans raw bytes using a regular expression. The regex does not treat the bytes as ignorable, so meta-commands such as `\\!` remain undetected. When pgAdmin invokes psql with --file, psql strips the bytes and executes the command. This can result in remote command execution during a restore operation.

Advisory Timeline

First published June 29, 2026 (105 days ago).
Last revised July 1, 2026 — 2 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

pip

Update pgadmin4 to 9.11 or later

pip install "pgadmin4>=9.11"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: pypi (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
pgadmin4	pypi	4.20, 4.22, 4.23, 4.24 (+69 more)	9.11

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.1 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-13780?: pgadmin4 has a Meta-Command Filter Command Execution This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.1/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2025-13780?: CVE-2025-13780 affects pgadmin4. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2025-13780 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.1

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

PYSEC-2026-450

GHSA-fxmw-jcgr-w44v

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