# CVE-2026-7817: pgAdmin 4: Local file inclusion and server-side request forgery in LLM API configuration endpoints

CVE-2026-7817 is fixed in pgAdmin 4 on 1 platform by pgAdmin 4 9.15 (version 9.15), released May 6, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7817
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 7.1
- EPSS: 0.0022
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: May 11, 2026
- Weakness: CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
- Vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7817

## Description

Local file inclusion (LFI) and server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerabilities in pgAdmin 4 LLM API configuration endpoints.  User-supplied api_key_file and api_url preferences were passed to the LLM provider clients without validation. An authenticated user could read arbitrary server-side files by pointing api_key_file at any path readable by the pgAdmin process, or coerce pgAdmin into making requests to internal targets (e.g. cloud metadata services such as 169.254.169.254) by setting api_url, exploiting the chat path and model-list endpoints.  Fix restricts api_key_file to the user's private storage (server mode) or home directory (desktop mode), enforces a printable-ASCII key shape and a 1024-byte read cap, and gates api_url against a configurable allow-list (config.ALLOWED_LLM_API_URLS) at every entry point.  This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.15.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows apps | pgAdmin 4 | 9.15 | [pgAdmin 4 9.15](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/windows-app/postgresql.pgadmin-9.15.md) | May 6, 2026 |

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