CVE-2026-12050

Description

A flaw was found in pgAdmin 4. An authenticated user with an active PostgreSQL session could exploit a SQL injection vulnerability in the named restore point endpoint. This allows the user to execute arbitrary SQL statements through an unexpected path. While this does not grant additional privileges beyond what the user already possesses, it could bypass application-layer controls designed to restrict direct SQL access.

Statement

This Moderate flaw in pgAdmin 4 allows an authenticated user with an active PostgreSQL session to perform SQL injection. While it does not grant additional privileges, it enables the execution of arbitrary SQL statements through an unintended pathway, potentially bypassing application-layer restrictions on direct SQL access. Red Hat deployments should ensure robust access controls for pgAdmin 4 instances.

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-89

Confidentiality,Integrity,Availability

Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

Adversaries could execute system commands, typically by changing the SQL statement to redirect output to a file that can then be executed.

Confidentiality

Technical Impact: Read Application Data

Since SQL databases generally hold sensitive data, loss of confidentiality is a frequent problem with SQL injection vulnerabilities.

Authentication

Technical Impact: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity; Bypass Protection Mechanism

If poor SQL commands are used to check user names and passwords or perform other kinds of authentication, it may be possible to connect to the product as another user with no previous knowledge of the password.

Access Control

Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism

If authorization information is held in a SQL database, it may be possible to change this information through the successful exploitation of a SQL injection vulnerability.

Integrity

Technical Impact: Modify Application Data

Just as it may be possible to read sensitive information, it is also possible to modify or even delete this information with a SQL injection attack.

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