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CVE-2025-55283

aiven aiven-db-migrate — aiven-db-migrate allows Privilege Escalation through use of psql during migration

EPSS 0.6%CVSS 9.1
critical.is priorityof 100
37
CVSS 9.1 (CNA)9.1 / 10 × 3027.3Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 49.5.495 × 209.9No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

aiven-db-migrate is an Aiven database migration tool. Prior to 1.0.7, there is a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows elevation to superuser inside PostgreSQL databases during a migration from an untrusted source server. The vulnerability stems from psql executing commands embedded in a dump from the source server. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.7.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
aiven-db-migrate< 1.0.7–CNA

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/aiven/aiven-db-migrate/security/advisories/GHSA-wqhc-grmj-fjvgrefgithub.com/aiven/aiven-db-migrate/commit/36f6c7f7d06216975f625da0a1cb514253c4b3df