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CVE-2026-116242— pgAdmin 4: SSH tunnels use the pgAdmin service account's own SSH identity

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Affected
pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

pgAdmin 4 使用 sshtunnel 库建立 SSH 隧道，但未向该库提供 host_pkey_directories 或 ssh_config_file 参数。因此，系统始终会加载运行 pgAdmin 的操作系统账户位于 ~/.ssh 目录中的未加密私钥，并读取该账户的 ~/.ssh/config 文件（包括 IdentityFile、User、HostName 和 ProxyCommand 配置项）以获取隧道目标主机的连接信息，同时还会利用该账户的 ssh-agent。在服务器模式下，任何用户均可配置一

CVSS 8.2 · High
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-116242

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
pgAdmin 4: SSH tunnels use the pgAdmin service account's own SSH identity
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
pgAdmin 4 opens SSH tunnels with the sshtunnel library but gave it neither host_pkey_directories nor ssh_config_file, so it always loaded the unencrypted private keys in ~/.ssh of the operating-system account running pgAdmin, read that account's ~/.ssh/config (IdentityFile, User, HostName, ProxyCommand) for the tunnel host, and could use its ssh-agent. In server mode any user could therefore configure a tunnel to a host that accepts the service account's key, with no credentials of their own or with an identity file that did not exist in their storage, and reach it as that account. The fix makes tunnels in server mode use only the identity file or password the user configured: the service account's keys, configuration and agent are no longer used, and an identity file that cannot be found in the user's storage is reported instead of falling back to ~/.ssh. Desktop mode is unchanged. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.19.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
不充分的凭证保护机制
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4 0 ~ 9.19 -

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Other References for CVE-2026-116242 (2)

Same Patch Batch · pgadmin.org · 2026-10-30 · 15 CVEs total

CVE-2026-116241 9.9 CRITICAL pgAdmin 4: Import/Export Data query export runs a command through a backslash in a double-
CVE-2026-116239 8.5 HIGH pgAdmin 4: An LDAP or Kerberos login is logged in to another account with the same usernam
CVE-2026-116249 8.4 HIGH pgAdmin 4: Connection file paths and parameter keys escape the user's storage directory
CVE-2026-116247 8.2 HIGH pgAdmin 4: libpq uses the pgAdmin service account's own password file and client certifica
CVE-2026-116245 8.2 HIGH pgAdmin 4: Connection services are not restricted in server mode
CVE-2026-116244 8.2 HIGH pgAdmin 4: libpq uses the pgAdmin service account's Kerberos credentials
CVE-2026-116238 8.1 HIGH pgAdmin 4: The failed login limit can be bypassed, and Flask-Security's own views skip pgA
CVE-2026-116243 7.5 HIGH pgAdmin 4: Utility binary path can point at a shared storage directory
CVE-2026-116248 6.8 MEDIUM pgAdmin 4: Non-administrators can share a server with every user
CVE-2026-116252 6.5 MEDIUM pgAdmin 4: Materialized view refresh redirects its connection through a crafted database n
CVE-2026-116250 6.5 MEDIUM pgAdmin 4: Files opened in a storage directory follow a symbolic link, hard link or FIFO p
CVE-2026-116246 6.5 MEDIUM pgAdmin 4: Server passwords are left in pgAdmin's process environment
CVE-2026-116240 6.5 MEDIUM pgAdmin 4: File Manager and storage-path tools act on a different path from the one checke
CVE-2026-116251 4.2 MEDIUM pgAdmin 4: A user's other sessions survive a change of their password

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: pgAdmin 4
Same vendor: pgadmin.org
Same weakness: CWE-522