Affects pgAdmin 4, a widely used database admin tool; prompt-injection enables potential RCE on hosts, causing disruption.
CVE-2026-12045
Read-only bypass via prompt injection enables arbitrary SQL under pgAdmin user.
Is CVE-2026-12045 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-12045 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.66% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-12045?
CVE-2026-12045 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.4. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-12045?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-12045. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-12045 affect?
CVE-2026-12045 affects pgAdmin 4 (9.13–9.15) before 9.16. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-12045?
Upgrade to pgAdmin 4 9.16+
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Arbitrary SQL execution under pgAdmin's privileges; data modification risk; with superuser, possible remote code execution via COPY ... TO PROGRAM.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 9.13 and < 9.16
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.