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title: "CVE-2026-116244: pgAdmin 4 - Authentication Bypass"
description: "pgAdmin 4 < 9.19 contains a broken authentication caused by improper handling of Kerberos delegated credentials in connection environment, letting attackers connect as the service account's Kerberos principal, exploit requires server mode or Windows SSPI usage."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-116244/
---

# CVE-2026-116244 pgAdmin 4 - Authentication Bypass

pgAdmin 4 < 9.19 contains a broken authentication caused by improper handling of Kerberos delegated credentials in connection environment, letting attackers connect as the service account's Kerberos principal, exploit requires server mode or Windows SSPI usage.

CVSS base score 8.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

Proof of concept available

EPSS

0.28% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116244)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Broken Authentication

CVSS vector

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

Published

30 October 2026

Updated

1 November 2026

Weakness

[CWE-522](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to pgAdmin 4 version 9.19 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116244](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116244)
- [https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/145e511f05eed69ebcadd3cd61ffea0a5b4c69a4](https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/commit/145e511f05eed69ebcadd3cd61ffea0a5b4c69a4)
- [https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/10655](https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/10655)

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