High severity · published Nov 13, 2025
CVE-2025-12763
Command injection vulnerability allowing arbitrary command execution on Windows
8.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
pgAdmin 4 versions up to 9.9 are affected by a command injection vulnerability on Windows systems. This issue is caused by the use of shell=True during backup and restore operations, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary system commands by providing specially crafted file path input.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
P4
pgAdmin 4 · pgadmin.org
through 9.9 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12763
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12763
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9323
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