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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-0959 · published 16 March 2022

CVE-2022-0959: Pgadmin 4 unrestricted file upload vulnerability

Pgadmin · Pgadmin 4

A malicious, but authorised and authenticated user can construct an HTTP request using their existing CSRF token and session cookie to manually upload files to any location that the operating system user account under which pgAdmin is running has permission to write.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.97% · top 39.6% CWE-434 · Unrestricted file uploadCWE-22 · Path traversal
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 3.5
0.97%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A malicious, but authorised and authenticated user can construct an HTTP request using their existing CSRF token and session cookie to manually upload files to any location that the operating system user account under which pgAdmin is running has permission to write.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2063759 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2063759 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-0959), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.