Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Aiven Database Migration Tool
CVE-2025-55283

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Aiven

Status
Aiven-db-migrate
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-55283?

The aiven-db-migrate tool is susceptible to a privilege escalation issue where untrusted source servers can lead to unauthorized superuser access within PostgreSQL databases during migration. This occurs because the psql command execution allows commands embedded in migration dumps from untrusted sources, resulting in the potential for misuse and unauthorized privileges. The vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.0.7.

Affected Version(s)

aiven-db-migrate < 1.0.7

References

https://github.com/aiven/aiven-db-migrate/security/adviso...
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https://github.com/aiven/aiven-db-migrate/commit/36f6c7f7...
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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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CVE-2025-55283 : Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Aiven Database Migration Tool