Vulnerability · Published Apr 4, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-31480aiven-extras allows PostgreSQL Privilege Escalation through format function

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in aiven-extras from aiven. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

aiven-extras is a PostgreSQL extension. This is a privilege escalation vulnerability, allowing elevation to superuser inside PostgreSQL databases that use the aiven-extras package. The vulnerability leverages the format function not being schema-prefixed. Affected users should install 1.1.16 and ensure they run the latest version issuing ALTER EXTENSION aiven_extras UPDATE TO '1.1.16' after installing it. This needs to happen in each database aiven_extras has been installed in.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
aiven	aiven-extras	< 1.1.16

Weakness: CWE-426 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/aiven/aiven-extras/security/advisories/GHSA-33xh-jqgf-6627 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/aiven/aiven-extras/commit/77b5f19a0c1d196bc741ff5c774f85fe7ca3063b x_refsource_MISC