8.2
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-116244
pgAdmin 4: libpq uses the pgAdmin service account's Kerberos credentials
Description

When a pgAdmin 4 connection was not meant to use a Kerberos user's delegated credentials, pgAdmin removed KRB5CCNAME from its environment, so the Kerberos library fell back to the default credential cache, or a client keytab, of the operating-system account running pgAdmin. libpq then answered any server that asked for GSSAPI authentication with that account's ticket, whatever user name the pgAdmin user gave, so in server mode any user could connect as the service account's Kerberos principal; gssencmode=disable did not prevent it. On Windows, SSPI used the service account's logon in the same way. psql was also started with pgAdmin's environment, which could hold another user's credential cache while that user was connecting. The fix points KRB5CCNAME and KRB5_CLIENT_KTNAME at a file that cannot exist except while a Kerberos-authenticated user connects with Kerberos, and gives every other connection, psql and the utilities require_auth=!gss,!sspi and gssencmode=disable, checked on the final connection string. require_auth needs libpq 16 or later. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.19.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 30, 2026, 8:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 30, 2026, 8:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Pgadmin pgadmin_4
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
CVSS 3.1 HIGH MITRE-CVE
CVSS 4.0 HIGH f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
CVSS 4.0 HIGH f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
Solution
Update pgAdmin 4 to version 9.19 or later to address authentication bypass via Kerberos.
  • Update pgAdmin 4 to version 9.19 or later.
  • Ensure require_auth is set correctly.
  • Configure gssencmode to disable.
  • Use libpq 16 or later.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/145e511f05eed69ebcadd3cd61ffea0a5b4c69a4
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/10655
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  • New CVE Received by f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007

    Oct. 30, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description When a pgAdmin 4 connection was not meant to use a Kerberos user's delegated credentials, pgAdmin removed KRB5CCNAME from its environment, so the Kerberos library fell back to the default credential cache, or a client keytab, of the operating-system account running pgAdmin. libpq then answered any server that asked for GSSAPI authentication with that account's ticket, whatever user name the pgAdmin user gave, so in server mode any user could connect as the service account's Kerberos principal; gssencmode=disable did not prevent it. On Windows, SSPI used the service account's logon in the same way. psql was also started with pgAdmin's environment, which could hold another user's credential cache while that user was connecting. The fix points KRB5CCNAME and KRB5_CLIENT_KTNAME at a file that cannot exist except while a Kerberos-authenticated user connects with Kerberos, and gives every other connection, psql and the utilities require_auth=!gss,!sspi and gssencmode=disable, checked on the final connection string. require_auth needs libpq 16 or later. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.19.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-1188
    Added CWE CWE-522
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/116xxx/CVE-2026-116244.json">CVE-2026-116244</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/145e511f05eed69ebcadd3cd61ffea0a5b4c69a4
    Added Reference https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/10655
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