CVE-2026-1707
Published: 05 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-1707 is a high-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Pgadmin Pgadmin 4. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 6.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.
Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.
By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.
Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.
Requiring prior authorization for each remote access type prevents improper access control over remote connections.
Requiring authorization of wireless access before allowing connections enforces proper access control for this access method.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability enables remote exploitation of the pgAdmin web interface (public-facing) to bypass restrictions and achieve arbitrary command execution on the host.
NVD Description
pgAdmin versions 9.11 are affected by a Restore restriction bypass via key disclosure vulnerability that occurs when running in server mode and performing restores from PLAIN-format dump files. An attacker with access to the pgAdmin web interface can observe an…
more
active restore operation, extract the `\restrict` key in real time, and race the restore process by overwriting the restore script with a payload that re-enables meta-commands using `\unrestrict <key>`. This results in reliable command execution on the pgAdmin host during the restore operation.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-1707 is a restore restriction bypass vulnerability via key disclosure affecting pgAdmin version 9.11 when running in server mode and performing restores from PLAIN-format dump files. The flaw allows attackers to observe active restore operations through the pgAdmin web interface, extract the `\restrict` key in real time, and exploit a race condition by overwriting the restore script with a payload that uses `\unrestrict <key>` to re-enable meta-commands. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L) and is associated with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control).
An attacker with low-privilege access (PR:L) to the pgAdmin web interface can exploit this during an ongoing restore from a PLAIN-format dump. By monitoring the operation, they extract the restriction key and rapidly overwrite the script to bypass restrictions, achieving reliable arbitrary command execution on the pgAdmin host. The network-accessible nature (AV:N) and lack of user interaction (UI:N) requirements, combined with scope change (S:C), enable significant impact including limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability violations.
Mitigation details and patch information are available in the referenced advisory at https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9518.
Details
- CWE(s)