# CVE-2025-55283: aiven-db-migrate allows Privilege Escalation through use of psql during migration

> CVE-2025-55283: aiven-db-migrate allows Privilege Escalation through use of psql during migration. CVSS 9.1 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-55283
Last updated: 2026-06-17T09:41:34Z

- Published: 2025-08-18 16:46 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 09:41 UTC · Assigner: GitHub\_M
- CVSS: 9.1 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 0.62%, 49th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-77

## Description

aiven-db-migrate is an Aiven database migration tool. Prior to 1.0.7, there is a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows elevation to superuser inside PostgreSQL databases during a migration from an untrusted source server. The vulnerability stems from psql executing commands embedded in a dump from the source server. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.7.

## Affected vendors and products

- aiven: aiven-db-migrate

## Tracked companies

- [Aiven](https://rewindex.com/company/aiven.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-55283)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55283)
- [https://github.com/aiven/aiven-db-migrate/commit/36f6c7f7d06216975f625da0a1cb514253c4b3df](https://github.com/aiven/aiven-db-migrate/commit/36f6c7f7d06216975f625da0a1cb514253c4b3df)
- [https://github.com/aiven/aiven-db-migrate/security/advisories/GHSA-wqhc-grmj-fjvg](https://github.com/aiven/aiven-db-migrate/security/advisories/GHSA-wqhc-grmj-fjvg)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-55283 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-55283.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-55283 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:16:37.740Z