Amazon Web Services Advanced JDBC Wrapper: Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.
Summary
### Description of Vulnerability: An issue in AWS Wrappers for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL may allow for privilege escalation to rds_superuser role. A low privilege authenticated user can create a crafted function that could be executed with permissions of other Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) users. AWS recommends for customers to upgrade to the following versions: AWS JDBC Wrapper to v2.6.5 or greater. ### Source of Vulnerability Report: Allistair Ishmael Hakim [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) ### Affected products & versions: AWS JDBC Wrapper < 2.6.5 ### Platforms: MacOS/Windows/Linux
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | software.amazon.jdbc:aws-advanced-jdbc-wrapper (Maven) | before 2.6.5 | 2.6.5 | Patch available | GHSA-7xw4-g7mm-r4hh |
- software.amazon.jdbc:aws-advanced-jdbc-wrapper (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.6.5 Fixed in 2.6.5 Patch available GHSA-7xw4-g7mm-r4hh
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-7xw4-g7mm-r4hh software.amazon.jdbc:aws-advanced-jdbc-wrapper (Maven) Fixed in 2.6.5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-7xw4-g7mm-r4hh
References
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Sources
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