UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following Affecting pgadmin4 package, versions [,9.15)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PGADMIN4-16757941
  • published19 May 2026
  • disclosed11 May 2026
  • creditFernando Bortotti

Introduced: 11 May 2026

CVE-2026-7819  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-61  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pgadmin4 to version 9.15 or higher.

Overview

pgadmin4 is a PostgreSQL Tools

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following through the File Manager. An attacker can cause unauthorized file writes or overwrite arbitrary files by planting a symbolic link inside their own storage directory that points outside of it, and inducing the application to write to any path accessible by the process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1