Honour a shared-server non-owner's own PasswordExecCommand - #10328
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PR pgadmin-org#9830 (CVE-2026-7813) unconditionally nulled manager.passexec for non-owners of a shared server, which also made ENABLE_SERVER_PASS_EXEC_CMD meaningless for them even though the SharedServer.passexec_cmd column (added in pgadmin-org#9835) already gave each non-owner a place to store their own command. _owner_only_fields additionally blocked the update API from ever writing to it, and the front-end field was already live and unguarded by isShared, so the value was unreachable. Continue to never honour the *owner's* passexec_cmd for a non-owner -- that's the actual privilege-escalation vector the CVE fix closed, since any authenticated user can own a shared server. But a non-owner's own SharedServer.passexec_cmd only ever runs in their own request context, exactly like an owned server's would, so there's no reason to block it. Closes pgadmin-org#10249
WalkthroughShared-server non-owners can set their own ChangesShared-server PasswordExec
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to This change restores non-owners’ ability to use their own password execution command without restoring access to the server owner’s command. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant ServerNode
participant ConnectionManager
participant SharedServer
participant PasswordExec
User->>ServerNode: update passexec command or expiration
ServerNode->>SharedServer: store requesting user settings
ServerNode->>ConnectionManager: refresh connected manager
ConnectionManager->>SharedServer: resolve requesting user configuration
SharedServer-->>ConnectionManager: return passexec configuration
ConnectionManager->>PasswordExec: apply user-specific PasswordExec
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In `@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/__init__.py`:
- Around line 1011-1016: Preserve the non-owner PasswordExec through the manager
refresh paths in update() and connect(): after manager.update(server), retain or
reapply the user’s effective PasswordExec instead of clearing manager.passexec.
Keep the owner’s shared passexec_cmd excluded as enforced by
connection_manager(), and add a connection-level regression test asserting
manager.passexec.cmd contains the non-owner command.
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manager.update(server) rebuilds the manager from the server object alone, so the manager.passexec = None guards in update() and connect() -- added when the previous commit only nulled it once, on first construction via connection_manager() -- were also firing on every subsequent update()/connect() call and clobbering the non-owner's own passexec right back to None. Recompute it via the same shared_server_passexec() helper connection_manager() already uses instead of blindly nulling it, so it survives. Renamed the helper from _shared_server_passexec to shared_server_passexec since it's now called from browser.server_groups.servers too. Added driver-level unit tests for it, which previously had no direct coverage. Addresses CodeRabbit review on PR pgadmin-org#10328.
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web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/tests/test_shared_server_passexec.py (1)
37-47: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAnnotate the shared scenario configuration.
Ruff RUF012 flags
TestSharedServerPassexec.scenariosas a mutable class attribute. Add aClassVarannotation to identify this intentional shared test configuration.Proposed fix
+from typing import ClassVar + class TestSharedServerPassexec(BaseTestGenerator): - scenarios = [ + scenarios: ClassVar = [🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/__init__.py`:
- Around line 961-966: Refresh manager.passexec after connected updates to
passexec_cmd or passexec_expiration in _set_valid_attr_value(), before automatic
reconnect can reuse the manager; preserve the existing non-owner isolation
behavior and ensure Connection.connect() sees the committed PasswordExec values.
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In `@web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/tests/test_shared_server_passexec.py`:
- Around line 37-47: Annotate TestSharedServerPassexec.scenarios with ClassVar
using the appropriate typing import, preserving its existing list contents and
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update() skips manager.update(server) while the server is connected (deliberately, so unrelated live-connection state isn't disturbed), but passexec_cmd/passexec_expiration are not in the connected-modify block list, so a change to either was still committed to the DB without ever reaching the manager. Connection.connect() reads manager.passexec lazily, including on an automatic mid-session reconnect (__attempt_execution_reconnect), so it kept using the pre-change command until the next full disconnect/reconnect cycle. Refresh manager.passexec directly in that branch instead, reusing shared_server_passexec() for non-owners and building the PasswordExec inline for owners -- mirrors the not-connected branch without calling the full manager.update(), which would touch other live state. Addresses a second CodeRabbit finding on PR pgadmin-org#10328.
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web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/tests/test_shared_server_unit.py (1)
812-814: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAssert the non-owner expiration as well.
The owner test checks
manager.passexec.expiration_seconds == 90, but the non-owner test omits the equivalent check.passexec_expirationtravels throughshared_server_passexec()as a separate positional argument, so it is the value most likely to be dropped or misordered without notice. Add the assertion.💚 Proposed addition
self.assertEqual(ss.passexec_cmd, '/usr/bin/my-own-cmd') self.assertIsNotNone(manager.passexec) self.assertEqual(manager.passexec.cmd, '/usr/bin/my-own-cmd') + self.assertEqual(manager.passexec.expiration_seconds, 60)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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968-981: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winConsider centralizing the
PasswordExecconstruction.The owner branch repeats the exact positional argument contract used by
ServerManager.update()inweb/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/server_manager.py(lines 87-90):cmd, host, port, username, expiration. Two call sites now encode the same five-argument order for a security-sensitive object. A shared helper (for exampleserver_passexec(server)next toshared_server_passexec()) would keep both paths aligned if the signature changes.The logic itself is correct: the values are committed at Line 949 before this branch reads them.
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Add next to
shared_server_passexec()inweb/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/__init__.py:def server_passexec(server): """Return a PasswordExec built from the server's own passexec_cmd, or None.""" if not server.passexec_cmd: return None return PasswordExec( server.passexec_cmd, server.host, server.port, server.username, server.passexec_expiration)Then simplify this branch:
if _is_non_owner(server): manager.passexec = shared_server_passexec(server) else: - manager.passexec = PasswordExec( - server.passexec_cmd, server.host, server.port, - server.username, server.passexec_expiration) \ - if server.passexec_cmd else None + manager.passexec = server_passexec(server)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/tests/test_shared_server_unit.py`:
- Around line 749-765: Update the _call_update helper to return both manager and
the raw_update result, then update its callers—especially
test_connected_unrelated_field_untouched—to unpack the response and assert that
it contains the expected node data, ensuring the test cannot pass when
ServerNode.update exits early.
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In `@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/__init__.py`:
- Around line 968-981: Centralize owner-server PasswordExec creation in a shared
helper alongside shared_server_passexec(), returning None when passexec_cmd is
absent and otherwise using the existing cmd, host, port, username, expiration
contract. Update the owner branch in the server update flow to use this helper,
while preserving the non-owner shared_server_passexec() path.
In `@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/tests/test_shared_server_unit.py`:
- Around line 812-814: Extend the non-owner shared-server test assertions after
validating manager.passexec.cmd to also verify
manager.passexec.expiration_seconds equals 90, matching the owner test and
covering the passexec_expiration argument passed through
shared_server_passexec().
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Return the update result so the negative test cannot pass vacuously.
_call_update() discards the value returned by raw_update. update() has several early returns before the passexec refresh branch, for example the idx == 0 "No parameters were changed" response. manager is a MagicMock, so test_connected_unrelated_field_untouched would still pass if update() returned early and never reached the branch. Return the response and assert on it in that test.
💚 Proposed change
raw_update = inspect.unwrap(ServerNode.update)
- raw_update(node, 1, 1)
+ result = raw_update(node, 1, 1)
- return manager
+ return manager, resultThen in each test, unpack and assert the node response was produced, for example:
manager, result = self._call_update(
server, data, connected=True, manager=manager)
self.assertIn('node', result)🧰 Tools
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[info] 749-749: use jsonify instead of json.dumps for JSON output
Context: json.dumps(data)
Note: [CWE-116] Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output.
(use-jsonify)
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In `@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/tests/test_shared_server_unit.py`
around lines 749 - 765, Update the _call_update helper to return both manager
and the raw_update result, then update its callers—especially
test_connected_unrelated_field_untouched—to unpack the response and assert that
it contains the expected node data, ensuring the test cannot pass when
ServerNode.update exits early.
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Summary
PR #9830 (the fix for CVE-2026-7813) unconditionally nulled
manager.passexecfor any non-owner of a shared server. That correctly closes the privilege-escalation vector the CVE addressed — a non-owner triggering the owner'sPasswordExecCommand— but it also silently broke a legitimate, unrelated feature:ENABLE_SERVER_PASS_EXEC_CMDbecame meaningless for non-owners even thoughSharedServer.passexec_cmd(added separately in #9835) already gives each non-owner their own place to store a command, scoped to their own request context exactly like an owned server's would be._owner_only_fieldsadditionally blocked the update API from ever writing to that column, so the value was unreachable even though the front-end field was already live.This PR restores the non-owner's own field without reopening anything the CVE fix closed:
passexec_cmdfor a non-owner — that escalation path stays fully blocked.SharedServer.passexec_cmdif they've set one, since it only ever runs in their own session.passexec_cmd/passexec_expirationfrom_owner_only_fieldsso non-owners can actually set their own value via the UI.Changes
web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/__init__.py— new_shared_server_passexec()helper used byconnection_manager()and_restore_connections_from_session().web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/__init__.py— droppassexec_cmd/passexec_expirationfrom_owner_only_fields..../servers/tests/test_shared_server_unit.py—test_nonowner_passexec_blocked→test_nonowner_passexec_allowed.Test plan
pycodestyleclean on touched files.Closes #10249
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