CVE-2025-55283 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-55283: aiven-db-migrate allows Privilege Escalation through use of psql during migration

Vendor Aiven
Product aiven-db-migrate
Weakness CWE-77
Published August 18, 2025
Last update August 18, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 18, 2025 CVE published
August 18, 2025 Record updated