Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-55282aiven-db-migrate allows Privilege Escalation via unrestricted search_path during migration

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity path traversal in aiven-db-migrate from aiven. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
aiven	aiven-db-migrate	< 1.0.7

Weakness: CWE-22 · 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-db-migrate/security/advisories/GHSA-hmvf-93r4-36f9 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/aiven/aiven-db-migrate/commit/39517dc55720055d93262033b142a365f5bf92c5 x_refsource_MISC