CVE-2025-55282 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2025-55282

aiven-db-migrate allows Privilege Escalation via unrestricted search_path during migration

Vulnerability Description

aiven-db-migrate is an Aiven database migration tool. Prior to 1.0.7, there is a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a user to elevate to superuser inside PostgreSQL databases during a migration from an untrusted source server. By exploiting a lack of search_path restriction, an attacker can override pg_catalog and execute untrusted operators as a superuser. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.7.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

aiven-db-migrate
Vulnerable Versions:
< 1.0.7

Timeline

Official Publish: August 18th, 2025
Last Modified: August 18th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact