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【Vulnerability Alert】pgAdmin 4 Contains a High-Risk Security Vulnerability (CVE-2026-17566). Please Confirm and Apply Patches as Soon as Possible

publish date : 2026-08-21 update date : 2026-08-21

Source: Ministry of education information & communication security contingency platform

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Publication Number TACERT-ANA-2026081003084646 Publication Time 2026-08-10 15:15:46
Incident Type ANA-Vulnerability Alert Discovery Time 2026-08-10 15:15:46
Impact Level Medium  
[Subject]
【Vulnerability Alert】pgAdmin 4 Contains a High-Risk Security Vulnerability (CVE-2026-17566). Please Confirm and Apply Patches as Soon as Possible
[Content]

Forwarded from the National Institute of Cyber Security Cybersecurity Alert NISAC-200-202608-00000003

Researchers discovered that pgAdmin 4 contains a high-risk OS Command Injection security vulnerability (CVE-2026-17566). Because the Import/Export Data tool in pgAdmin 4 does not properly handle SQL queries, an authenticated remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Please confirm and apply patches as soon as possible.

Information Sharing Level: WHITE (the intelligence content is information that may be publicly disclosed)

[Affected Platform]

pgAdmin 4 versions 1.0 to 9.16

[Recommended Actions]

The official vendor has released a remediation update for the vulnerability. Please refer to the official instructions for updating. The URL is as follows: https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgadmin-4-v917-released-3356/

[Reference]

1. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-17566
2. https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgadmin-4-v917-released-3356/

(This notification is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a cybersecurity incident).
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