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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2025-31480 EUVD-2025-9753

aiven-extras allows PostgreSQL Privilege Escalation through format function

Published Apr 4, 2025 · Updated Apr 4, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
aiven aiven-extras < 1.1.16 —

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