CVE-2025-12763 | Command injection vulnerability allowing arbitrary command execution on Windows

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.

Published: 2025-11-13 Last update: 2025-12-01 Assigner: f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007 Source: f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-12763 is rated Moderate Risk (45.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.74%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-12763

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.03% 0.74% +0.70%
2 2026-04-11 0.11% 0.03% -0.07%
3 2025-11-14 — 0.11% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-12763

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 0.9 5.9 f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-12763

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-12763

GHSA-rm79-x4g6-hvg5 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — pgAdmin 4 has command injection vulnerability on Windows systems

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-12763

vendor priority summary link
suse high CVE-2025-12763 severity important: SUSE including 13 source package names (pgadmin4, pgadmin4-9.11-1.1, …), 67 product×package rows across 21 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, … (21 product lines)): Known Not Affected 61, Fixed 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12763/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-12763

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pgadmin pgadmin_4 < 9.10 cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*

References for CVE-2025-12763

URL Tags
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9323 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
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