GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/11/GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374/GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374
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Published
2025-11-13T22:22:37Z
Modified
2025-11-13T22:22:37Z
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
Summary
AWS Advanced NodeJS 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 that customers upgrade to the following version: AWS NodeJS Wrapper to v2.0.1.

Source of Vulnerability Report:

Allistair Ishmael Hakim allistair.hakim@gmail.com

Affected products & versions:

AWS NodeJS Wrapper < 2.0.1.

Platforms:

MacOS/Windows/Linux

Database specific
{
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-470"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-11-13T22:22:37Z"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper

Package

Name
aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper
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Purl
pkg:npm/aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.1