Vulnerability details

CVE-2025-31480

aiven aiven-extras

aiven-extras allows PostgreSQL Privilege Escalation through format function

CVSS 3.1

9.1Critical

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.

CVSS scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
9.1Critical	3.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
aiven	aiven-extras	< 1.1.16	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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

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Details

Published: 2025-04-04
Last updated: 2025-04-04
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): GitHub_M

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.49%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

42.8%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: No
Exploitation: None
Technical impact: Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-426
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