Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:LSummary
CVE-2025-12762 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Pgadmin Pgadmin 4. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked in the top 4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-12762 is a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting pgAdmin versions up to and including 9.9. The flaw occurs when pgAdmin is running in server mode and performing restores from PLAIN-format dump files, enabling attackers to inject and execute arbitrary commands on the server hosting pgAdmin. This poses a critical risk to the integrity and security of the database management system and underlying data, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L) and association to CWE-94 (code injection).
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. It demands low privileges (PR:L), such as those of an authenticated user capable of triggering a restore operation, after which the scope changes to allow high confidentiality impact alongside low integrity and availability impacts. Successful exploitation grants attackers the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the pgAdmin host server.
Mitigation details and further advisories are available in the pgAdmin GitHub issue tracker at https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9320.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-169296
Vulnerability Data
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…
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server hosting pgAdmin, posing a critical risk to the integrity and security of the database management system and underlying data.
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V1.3.1
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation finds code paths that accept and execute externally influenced strings.
Input validation directly stops untrusted data from being used to construct executable code without neutralization.
Least privilege limits the damage an injected code fragment can perform once executed.
Requiring documented secure development standards and tools enforces use of safe code-generation APIs and escaping.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly target injection flaws via secure coding and testing (mostly), yet as a single broad outcome it leaves many code-generation specifics unaddressed (partial).
PR.DS-10 protects runtime data confidentiality/integrity but has no bearing on neutralizing externally influenced input during code generation, so neither direction shows any preventive effect.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Banning unapproved code samples and unauthenticated web services, combined with secure-coding standards and SAST, prevents the dynamic generation or inclusion of attacker-supplied code.
Controls that restrict unauthorized or malicious code from being introduced via external networks or removable media limit opportunities for an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code.