Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in aiven-extras PostgreSQL Extension by Aiven
CVE-2025-31480

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Aiven

Status
Aiven-extras
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 April 2025

What is CVE-2025-31480?

The aiven-extras PostgreSQL extension features a vulnerability that allows an attacker to elevate privileges to superuser within PostgreSQL databases. This occurs due to the format function not being schema-prefixed, creating an avenue for unauthorized privilege escalation. Users of aiven-extras are strongly encouraged to update to version 1.1.16 and to execute the command ALTER EXTENSION aiven_extras UPDATE TO '1.1.16' in every affected database to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Affected Version(s)

aiven-extras < 1.1.16

References

https://github.com/aiven/aiven-extras/security/advisories...
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https://github.com/aiven/aiven-extras/commit/77b5f19a0c1d...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.1
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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