GHSA-4jvf-wx3f-2x8q

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4jvf-wx3f-2x8q
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/11/GHSA-4jvf-wx3f-2x8q/GHSA-4jvf-wx3f-2x8q.json
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Published
2025-11-13T22:22:07Z
Modified
2025-11-13T23:27:50.897553Z
Severity
  • 8.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
AWS Advanced Python Wrapper: Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance
Details

Description of Vulnerability:

An issue in AWS Wrappers for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL may allow for privilege escalation to rds_superuser role. A low privilege authenticated user can create a crafted function that could be executed with permissions of other Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) users.

AWS recommends customers upgrade to the following versions: AWS Python Wrapper to v1.4.0

Source of Vulnerability Report:

Allistair Ishmael Hakim allistair.hakim@gmail.com

Affected products & versions:

AWS Python Wrapper < 1.4.0

Platforms:

MacOS/Windows/Linux

Database specific
{
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-11-10T18:16:06Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-470"
    ],
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-11-13T22:22:07Z"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / aws-advanced-python-wrapper

Package

Name
aws-advanced-python-wrapper
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Purl
pkg:pypi/aws-advanced-python-wrapper

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.0

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.0
1.1.0
1.1.1
1.2.0
1.3.0