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

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-08-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

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 products

• aiven-db-migrate: before 1.0.7 — fixed in 1.0.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: aiven-db-migrate 1.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/aiven/aiven-db-migrate/commit/36f6c7f7d06216975f625da0a1cb514253c4b3df
• https://github.com/aiven/aiven-db-migrate/security/advisories/GHSA-wqhc-grmj-fjvg

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